Cliches for merfolk

Written by: Tim Pickett <quetzal@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au>
Copyright: The ones that I wrote are (c) me. The ones I didn't write aren't. Simple, huh?

Author's note:
This is a list of common cliches used by the merfolk, where they differ from the ones humans use. They are collected from a variety of sources (such as the TLM film, Dolph, my own aching head). Additions are welcome, but they must be tail-related.

Head over flukes.
To get your fins wet.
To get a tail-up.
To get cold fins.
To keep someone on their fins.
Tail-biters [children].
To nail someone's fins to the floor.
To have two left fins.
A three-tailed race.
To put your fin in your mouth.
To swim all over someone.
Break a tail [show business idiom].
Swimming scared.
To swim a red light.
To stub your fin.
To tip-fin.
To stick your fin in somthing.

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