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Proverbidioms
Proverbidioms is an oil painting by American artist T. E. Breitenbach depicting over 300 common proverbs, catchphrases, and clichés such as "You are what you eat", "a frog in the throat", and "kicked the bucket". It is painted on a 45 by 67 inch wooden panel and was completed in 1975 after two years work, when the artist was 24. The included sayings are painted quite literally and appear comical and bizarre, especially if one does not at first realize what the painting
maps were provided for all the idioms included in the "Proverbidioms" series of paintings, and in the themed paintings as well. The artist also reveals background information and illustrates the creation process for these large works. 
In 2012 an iPad app was made using the paintings.
List of paintings in the "Proverbidioms" series.
- (1975) "Proverbidioms" 
- (1977) "Proverbidioms II" 
- (1999) "Ultimate Proverbidioms" 
- (2007) "Proverbidioms IV: Who