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Yawn: It’s always dullest just before the yawn.

Definitions Wordplay

Upgraded: Didn't work the first time.

Definitions Situations

Anything worth taking seriously is worth making fun of.

Communication

Every silver lining has a cloud around it.

Mixed metaphors

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

Communication Speech

The intention is to get a jumpstart on it.

Mixed metaphors

The titles are listed on the movie theater marquis.

Entertainment Malaprops

Virus: A Latin medical term meaning, “Your guess is as good as mine.”

Definitions Health

“This blood-sucking insect likes French cheese,” said Tom briefly.

Tom Swifties

“I’ve paid my annual subscription,” Tom remembered.

Tom Swifties

Honeymoon: The morning after the knot before.

Communication Definitions Marriage

Transvestite: A guy who likes to eat, drink and be Mary.

People Women

White Supremacists: The most convincing argument against the theory of white racial superiority.

Beliefs Definitions Intelligence People

I can't answer that – it's out of my water.

Mixed metaphors

“I knew the gun wasn’t loaded,” Tom said blankly.

Tom Swifties

Chicken: An egg's way of making more eggs.

Animals

Mixed Company: What you are in when you think of a story you can’t tell there.

Definitions People

Long road to hoe.

Mixed metaphors

We raised it to new depths.

Mixed metaphors

I’m gonna dig in my feet on this one.

Mixed metaphors

You might think the Channel Islands are a backwater.

Mixed metaphors