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That'll stick out like a red herring.

Mixed metaphors

Highbrow: One whose learning has outstripped his intelligence.

Definitions

Bigotry is being certain of something you know nothing about.

Beliefs

The wages of sin are unreported.

Government Taxes

Belly: The veranda over the toy shop.

Appearance Body Definitions

Vacation: A change of routine that makes you feel good enough to go back to work and poor enough to have to.

Definitions

It's got lots of installation.

Appearance Clothing Malaprops

“Lights, camera, action!” Tom said directly.

Tom Swifties

Waddya expect him to say, entray voose?

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Malaprops

Take time to stop and smell the tunnel at the end of the rainbow.

Mixed metaphors

Impotence: Emission impossible.

Definitions Sex

“I’m just an average guy,” said Tom meanly.

Tom Swifties

Diet Drink/Soda: A drink you buy at a convenience store to go with a half-pound bag of peanut M&Ms.

Definitions Food/Drink

He smokes like a fish.

Mixed metaphors

She grabbed the bull by the horns, and ran with it.

Mixed metaphors

“I’m about to hit the golf ball,” Tom forewarned.

Tom Swifties

There's light at the end of this rainbow.

Mixed metaphors

You could just charm the dew off of a honey suckle.

Expressions

He's trying to gain a foothold in the public eye.

Mixed metaphors

CPR: An emergency exercise that helps concerned onlookers feel useful while the victim expires.

Definitions Health

A bird in the hand is worth two in the tush.

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