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“This looks like the fruit of the blackthorn,” said Tom slowly.

Tom Swifties

Infinity – where no-one can get, but where all lines meet.

Science/Weather

Hit the wall running…

Mixed metaphors

Around here, it's always feast or phantom.

Malaprops

Talk about rubbing salt in the fire!

Mixed metaphors

Liberal: Someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.

Beliefs Characteristics Definitions

e-mail: An advertising medium which is misused for personal messaging.

Communication Definitions

Rattle some feathers.

Mixed metaphors

“I need an injection,” Tom pleaded in vain.

Tom Swifties

As we consider the road that unfolds before us.

Mixed metaphors

Bay: A body of water surrounded by restaurants.

Definitions Places

Wound up tighter than an eight-day clock

Expressions

Long road to hoe.

Mixed metaphors

Good Neighbor: A fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn’t climb it.

Definitions

Kiss: A course of procedure, cunningly devised, for the mutual stoppage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous.

Definitions

My wife told me that I twist everything she says to my advantage; I take that as a compliment.

Miscellaneous

I think sex is better than logic, but I can't prove it.

Sex

“Those bullets can’t hurt me,” said Tom blankly.

Tom Swifties

The head of the body overseeing youth justice…

Mixed metaphors

Admiral: A general at sea.

Definitions Military

Obesity: A surplus gone to waist.

Appearance Body Definitions Fat Wordplay