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Tickling the ivories

18 Oct 2014 8 9 437
Taken for the Sunday Challenge: Grey Idiom: Tickling the ivories is a colloquial expression for playing the piano. This phrase references a light touch (tickling) to a piano's keys, which were traditionally made of ivory veneer. Nowadays, piano keys are made of plastic and most people believe that ivory looks out of place except on an elephant. AIMG 4435