Father → Feather: As in “The founding feathers” and “Like feather, like son”.Feather: There are a few phrases related to feathers: “As light as a feather” and “In full feather” and “ Feather in your cap (symbol of honour/achievement)” and “ Feather one’s nest” and “Ruffle (a few/someone’s) feathers” and “You could have knocked me down with a feather“. Fry → Fly: As in, “Bigger fish to fly,” and “Out of the flying pan, into the fire,” and “Small fly.” Note: to be out of the frying pan and into the fire means to have escaped one situation only to be caught up in a worse one.Fly: There are a few phrases related to flying which can be used as bird puns in the right context: “ Fly by the seat of your pants” and “ Fly in the face of the evidence” and “ Fly off the shelves” and “A fly on the wall” and “ Fly by night” and “On the fly” and “Pigs might fly” and “Let fly” and “Watch the sparks fly” and “ Fly in the ointment” and “ Fly into a rage” and “ Fly off the handle” and “ Fly the coop” and “I’ve gotta fly” and “ Fly the white flag” and “Wouldn’t hurt a fly“.Woman → Bird: Depending on where you’re from, the term “bird” may be slang for “woman”.Bird: There are quite a few phrases/idioms related to birds which can be used as puns in the right context: “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush” and “A bird-brain” and “ Bird’s eye view” and “A little bird told me …” and “An early bird” and “Early bird gets the worm” and “Like a bird in a gilded cage” and “The birds and the bees” and “ Birds of a feather flock together” and “Flip someone the bird” and “Free as a bird” and “The bird has flown” and “Sing like a bird” and “ Jailbird“.
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