With many thanks to the judges who had an astonishingly hard job, I am honored to announce the winners of the Blithering Idioms Contest. (Click here for a complete list of the entries in their categories. Click here for the list of prizes.)


First prize goes to...
Kill two birds with one stone, by =arrioch:

Second prize goes to...
Caught with your hand in the cookie jar, by =bad-blood:

Third prize goes to...
Rome wasn't built in a day, by `Little-Vampire:

Honorable mentions go to ...
Makes your skin crawl, by *GirlFlash:
Frog in your throat, by *BobSmith006:
Bad workers always blame their tools =bad-blood:


First prize goes to...
At the bottom of the totempole, by ~tiirikka:

Second prize goes to...
Old flame, by ~Unmentionables:

Third prizes goes to...
All ears, by ~Unmentionables:
On the ball, by =Abfc:

Honorable mentions go to ...
Ambulance chaser, by =Abfc:
Over the moon, by =zacthetoad:
On a roll, by =NewYorkKid618:


First prize goes to...
When hell freezes over, by ~Droneguard:

Second prizes goes to...
Meet your maker, by ~FriendFrog:
Cheat death, by *jagscupid:

Third prize goes to...
Beside myself, by *komaru6:

Honorable mentions go to ...
Searching question, by ~LOTRLegolas:
Pigs might fly, by ~Droneguard:
Across the pond, by ~SlateReaper:



Most detailed
Between a rock and a hard place, by =LeoLeonardo:

Most cruel to cartoon animals
No room to swing a cat, by *Supaslim:

Most kind to cartoon animals
A little bird told me, by =Shicken05:

Most funny
Brave from a safe distance, by ~JPIshiro:

Most obscure idiom
Daft as a brush ~HyperCannon:

Most disconcerting
Zip it ~trixiekittycat:

Best representation of the literal
Put your heads together =NewYorkKid618:

Best representation of the metaphoric
Bare your heart ~Moonsung-Reverie:


Congratulations to all the winners, and to everyone who participated in this contest. To say it's been a highlight of my deviantART experience is to understate what a thrill it has been for me to see the enormous depth and breadth of quality entries y'all have generated.

From the most experienced emoticonist to the first timer, you did a phenomenal job and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. _{<< idiom!!1}