Finish the last word of the posted idiom and write it's origin in a nutshell. Then, write a few words using an idiom that starts with the first letter of whatever that last word was to prompt the next post.
Example:
Person 1: Writing an original personal statement essay for college is difficult. Try to apply to more than one college at a time and don't count your chickens before they...
Person 2: Hatch. This idiom dates back to 570 B.C. with it's origin in the Greek fable of Aesop titled "The Milkmaid and Her Pail". It tells of a milkmaid who expects to earn a fortune selling chickens with the eggs she'll buy with the money she'll make from selling her pail of milk. By accident, she drops the pail of milk and hence her mother's reproach; "Don't count your chickens before they hatch".
For originality, it helps to have brains. So Hit the...
Person 3: Books. In this American & Australian informal idiom, hit means to start, to begin, to leave, to go. It originated through cowboys who would use it in terms of hitting the trail.
If you end up rejected from the one college you applied to, you'll be Back at square...
So on and so forth.. Let's try it out?
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