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Manager: Someone who doesn’t know how to do your job, who tells you how to do your job.

Definitions People Work

Admiral: A general at sea.

Definitions Military

There is no pancreas to the whole world's problems.

Malaprops

Can a one-legged duck swim in a circle?

Expressions

It's all Greek to a blind horse.

Mixed metaphors

Hook: Irritating but highly reliable device used to quickly locate the position of one’s thumb at the bottom of a tackle box.

Activities Definitions

Artist’s Model: A girl unsuited for her work.

Definitions

It's like a wizard in sheep's clothing.

Mixed metaphors

Anonymous: The worlds most popular author.

Definitions

Dark Ages: Knight time.

Definitions

It is so hot… I saw a dog chasing a cat and they were both walking.

Exaggerations Heat Science/Weather

Boomerang: A working model of poetic justice.

Things

“I haven’t had my photographs developed yet,” said Tom negatively.

Tom Swifties

As long as that dog hunts, we’ll ride him,

Mixed metaphors

Politeness: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

Definitions

He was lookin' at me like a country mule lookin at a freight train.

Expressions

When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.

Autos Husbands Marriage Wives

Management: A class of semi-skilled corporate hirelings whose rise within the organization correlates directly with the amount of work they delegate to their more-talented underlings.

Definitions Work

Electrocardiograph: Ticker tape.

Definitions Wordplay

Psychology: The science that tells you what you already know in words you can’t understand.

Definitions Science/Weather

She's not wearing enough clothes to flag a hand car.

Appearance Clothing Expressions