The birds from Taiwan were held in the same room, but not in the same cage, as the Suriname parrot.

The batch of birds exported to Britain and other countries had been tested before leaving the country and did not have the H5N1 virus.

She is not refined. She is not unrefined. She keeps a parrot.

He's not pining, he's passed on. This parrot is no more. He has ceased to be. He's expired and gone to meet his maker. He's a stiff, bereft of life, he rests in peace. If you hadn't have nailed him to the perch he'd be pushing up the daisies. He's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot!

This is a dead parrot!

Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.