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

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Originality: Undetected plagiarism.

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“I prefer trout to salmon,” Tom said officiously.

Tom Swifties

“That may cause my violin strings to snap,” was Tom’s gut reaction.

Tom Swifties

Bury it under the carpet

Mixed metaphors

You hit the nail on the dot.

Mixed metaphors

“This is the fastest way to get drunk,” said Tom quixotically.

Tom Swifties

Double Jeopardy: When your doctor calls in a consulting physician.

Definitions Doctors Health

Righteous Indignation: Your own wrath, as opposed to the shocking bad temper of others.

Anger Definitions Emotions

Always be nice to people on the way up because you'll meet the same people on the way down.

Characteristics People Success

He is so fat… he can't even jump to a conclusion.

Appearance Body Exaggerations Fat

Don't put all your chickens in one basket.

Mixed metaphors

Happy as a frog in God's pocket

Emotions Expressions Happiness

Eulogy: Praise that’s too much and too late.

Death Definitions

Don't count all your eggs in one basket.

Mixed metaphors

“Hurry up and get to the back of the ship!” Tom said sternly.

Tom Swifties

It was so cold… my shadow froze to the sidewalk.

Cold Exaggerations Science/Weather

“I am so one of the seven dwarfs!” he said grumpily.

Tom Swifties

I thought she had persisted from corresponding with him.

Malaprops

Budget: A method of worrying before you spend, instead of afterward.

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It looks like the cows have come home to roost.

Mixed metaphors