Do You Think You Could Respond To This?

Or, someone squawking their head off?

How is it physically possible to squawk their heads off in the first place and to then continue squawking with a disembodied head?

Can't you find the answer on Twitter?

Would you believe that I flew the coop before all those tweets turned me into a birdbrain?

Would a squawking puppet be considered a squawking disembodied head?

Could you find out from your peeps?

Why can't I ask one of the chicks here?

Are you hoping to take a gander?

Do you mind if I duck that question?

Maybe he thought it was going to be a goosey gander?

Don't you think it's kind of rude to be giving one another birds?

Even a partridge in a you-know-what?

What?

Isn't he referring to the line, A Partridge in a sit-com?

Aren't most sitcoms designed for featherbrains?

You mean they're only for the birds?

What's all the chattering about?

Didn't you get the tweet?

Didn't you know that a little bird told me?

How can I keep up when I'm on the the wing?

Don't you mean winging it?

OOps! I guess that would be the idiom referencing "being in motion" that is the most commonly used, wouldn't it? My bad.


on the wing
Fig. while flying; while in flight. (Usually refers to birds, fowl, etc., not people or planes.) There is nothing as pretty as a bird on the wing. The hawk caught the sparrow on the wing.
See also: wing
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
on the wing
in motion He started to run, but a rifle shot caught him on the wing. Usage notes: based on the literal meaning of on the wing (flying): The sight of so many enormous birds on the wing filled me with awe.

(thank you)

Where did you find that dictionary?

Why? Are you missing yours?

Missing my what?