Common Phrases

These are all unusual representations of words, phrases or things. Can you figure them out? One posted answer per person, please.

9 wine and cheese party

5. partial eclipse?

3. you lucky dog?

2. fish out of water

6: disappearing act

8 - middle of the road

1. Strong Arm?

7. Fair and square

Great answers! I'll take "strong arm" for #1 because nobody has ever been able to come up with my answer all these years.

I also have something different for #8.

Hope you had a great birthday, Remi!

4. First noel

Good one!

8. out of the way??

Thanks Sue.

1. Arm in arm ??

I think your answer is better than mine Rog.

I think both of your answers are just right!

Congrats, Rog! I tried to use two very different fonts but the graphic just didn't turn out very well. Bonus points for you!

Ahhh...like rigunfle, yes?

Well, that's a word play way to say arm in arm. In my graphic, for each letter there's a fat black font in the background and a slim white one in front, so the word "arm" is literally inside the word "arm".