Full of Sound and Fury

MCMarrs on Aviary

There was a time when those who wished to display some superior knowledge used the cliche 'this moment in time', as though they had an existential grip on metaphics denied to the rest of us. I will accept the words as part of a Barbra Strysand song, because I like her voice but, otherwise, the phrase is outdated and boring.

After listening to some people talking, you realise, with the bard, that 'Life is a tale, Told by an idiot, Full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing'.

I've just heard a freshly baked cliche: 'thrown under a 'bus'. This means cast aside, as in when someone gains a promotion, old friends get trampled. Those still waiting at the 'bus stop feel bitter. 

I 'feel their pain', but 'Much Ado about Nothing' teaches
'Friendship is constant in all other things,
 Save in office', so perhaps it's a 'necessary evil' to leave some friends behind.

In Welsh,  a 'cleck' who spreads the latest news, aka gossip, is alluded to as a 'cywun bach melyn' (little yellow chick), meaning a cheeper.

Mice are a focus for some aphorisms:  A mean person is said to be prepared to 'skin a mouse' and stewed
tea is thick enough to 'trot a mouse on' and you can stand a spoon in it.

Feathers conjure up images: 'You could have knocked me over with a feather', for instance and people who cannot make their minds up are referred to as 'Feathers for every wind that blows'.