Hanging by a thread!
by wetland

Comment:
A nice capture of the rope, and the choice of colored rope was good. This one is a good illustration of one of the two camps here. I guess this is a literalism because indeed it's hanging by a thread. But it's not, as the other camp has it, a "so litteral its incorrect or absurd interpration". Perhaps it's just that some phrases are based in literalism, and others are just "misinterpreted" that way (which makes them funnier).

To spike a drink
by kosmikkreeper

Comment:
This is a good photo, and a good literalism. I think the spile could be a little more "instantly" recognizable if you included more of the context. I think the contrast and tones of the photo are compelling, but the centric design is less-so.

Six of One, Half-Dozen of the Other (or Am I Comparing Apples and Oranges?)
by TooCool

Comment:
You have your bases covered with two literalisms. Ooh, I just made one... LOL. The hard part of this challenge, in my opinion, was to illustrate the challenge and also to come up with a compelling photo. I think the composition and lighting here could have been more interesting, but this comparese favorably to others who did the same thing.

Couch Potato
by Trinch

Comment:
VERY funny. Very clever. Photographically, I would like to have seen some more contrast or lighting on the couch itself, and a noncentered composition (Personally, I think the potatoe speaks for itself without being the center of the composition) but the idea is fantastic. Now why didn't I think of that ;)

Don't make waves
by pitsaman

Comment:
Nice scenic. A tough crop because you can't easily avoid the almost center split here without losing the tree or adding too much sky. A good literalism for this phrase to me might have been a no splashing sign at a pool (perhaps off season, depending on where you live), a closed theme park wave pool, a bottle of hair straightener, ...

Surround Sound
by Antithesis

Comment:
Not sure what I'm looking at, and it thus makes it hard to judge how this is a literalism. However, it is a very nice photo., though it might be good to try to get some shadow detail on the stairwell (I assume that's what it is). If I were to literally interpet surround sound, I might think of people surrounding a speaker, or a person playing an instrument.

Don't count your chickens before they've hatched
by PaulMdx

Comment:
Seems you and several others had the same idea. Good exposure on the shot. As I told the other person, I think it would have been interesting to see a nonverbal way to indicate counting. A hand pointing, a tally sheet, a calculator...

Smoking Gun
by Quadrajet

Comment:
I guess this works, figuratively, but actually, the smoking gun expression means exactly that. I think it would have been funny to see the gun with a cigarette in its barrell, smoking.

Never go without say goodbye
by cimarron98

Comment:
Good tones. Sorry, I don't get this literalism.

A Shadow of Doubt
by jaimeegrl

Comment:
good idea. I think it could hae a little more kick to it if it were sharper and maybe leveled a little differently.