old sign

 

clang

Briefly, you flew, corkscrewed, then met the ground
With the clang of toy guns, loose change, chains, a rain of cheers.

Vanessa Kisuule, Hollow, https://www.bristolideas.co.uk/read/hollow/

Deny the light

god's golden eye is brazen. It is clanging brass

of good intention

it is noisy burning clanging brass

Jack Spicer, Imaginary Elegies

Clang clang: an eight-inch-square hole opened in the middle of my door. They passed me in coffee and a pound and a half of bread.

Henri Charrière, Papillon, p.30, translated by the Hornblower dude

Clac, clac, un guichet de vingt centimetres sur vingt s'ouvre au milieu de ma porte. On me tend le café et une boule de pain de sept cent cinquante grammes.

Papillon, p.24 

There is a metal sign on the sidewalk advertising a brand of gas: I hang onto it, the panel clangs,  I will start hitchhiking here....No, Paris is in the other direction, let's go across.

Albertine Sarrazin, Astragal, p.6, translated by Patsy Southgate

Une tente de métal est posée sur le trottoir, publicité pour une marque d’essence : je m’y accroche, le panneau cliquette, je vais commencer mon stop ici... Non, Paris est dans la direction opposée, traversons.

L'Astragale, p.13 

The Australian side has been clanking that they oppose 'foreign interference'.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-09/australia-hong-kong-china-extradition-and-visa-issues/12433332

Otherwise it will lead to nothing but lifting a rock only to hit its own feet.

Chinese Embassy Spokeperson's remarks - http://au.china-embassy.org/eng/sghdxwfb_1/t1796361.htm

O eggs, don't fight with rocks*

https://web.sonoma.edu/users/d/daniels/chinaproverbs.html

fishes see the worm 

not the hook

the careful foot 

can walk anywhere

man must be sharpened

on man

like knife on stone

brothers 

are like hands and feet

slander cannot destroy

an honest man...

when the flood recedes 

the rock is there

Chinese Proverbs from Olden Times, Peter Pauper Press, 1956
https://archive.org/details/chineseproverbsf00beil

Avoid back injury (and mashed toes!)

The family handyman: How to Move Large Rocks

Faut que j' la claque claque claque claque

dedans les

Juke Box

Serge Gainsbourg, Le claqueur de doigts

https://twitter.com/awfurby

Fascism in the form of a bank

Gives way to a shining restaurant that opens its doors with a clank

Kenneth Koch, A Time Zone  - https://archive.org/details/onetrainpoems00koch

He lifted his head sharply: clack-clack clack-clack   Tyre chains. Lothar. Time? Ten-forty

Sherry Mangan, Snow, p.28 - https://archive.org/details/blacknessofwhite0000mang (no longer available)

The clang of pans, their campfire talk

enough to wake this patch of paradise. 

Frank Russo, A Panhandle Eden, In the Museum of Creation

Burgle your way to adventure in the deck-building board game Clank! Sneak into an angry dragon's mountain lair to steal precious artifacts. Delve deeper to find more valuable loot. Acquire cards for your deck and watch your thievish abilities grow.

Be quick and be quiet. One false step and CLANK! Each careless sound draws the attention of the dragon, and each artifact stolen increases its rage. You can enjoy your plunder only if you make it out of the depths alive!

https://www.gameology.com.au/collections/family-games/products/preorder-clank

dragon begets dragon

phoenix begets phoenix

Chinese Proverbs from Olden Times 

what what what goes the trolley

sang sang sang Judy Garland