I love this! But if you choose words that commonly appear in idioms, you just get the original idiom back. Example:
cat
>cat got your tongue
>cat nap
>curiosity killed the cat
>fight like cat and dog
>grin like a cheshire cat
>let the cat out of the bag
>no room to swing a cat
>not enough room to swing a cat
>not have a cat in hell’s chance
>play cat and mouse