A few years ago in this blog I posted about ratagrams. See the explanation there. The short definition is a puzzle where you have to find the original phrase, saying, etc. that is 1) an anagram of the puzzle words, and 2) all the words have the same lengths. I have a few more I’d like to share. See if you can solve them. I’ll post the answers in the comments.
skeletal basic smidgen flowerpots
brother a renowned eel i barren or
factious inebriation intimidating discolor

skeletal basic smidgen flowerpots = politics makes strange bedfellows
brother a renowned eel i barren or = neither a borrower nor a lender be
factious inebriation intimidating discolor = ambition distraction uglification derision (from Alice in Wonderland)