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Yearbook: A book of pictures that get nerdier with time.

Definitions

… has eaten into the grocery chain’s luxury food side.

Mixed metaphors

“I guess she fell off the motorcycle,” said Tom ruthlessly.

Tom Swifties

Gorilla see, gorilla do.

Mixed metaphors

“I’m going window shopping,” said Tom listlessly.

Tom Swifties

There are rules about riding a horse, but the horse won’t necessarily know them.

Animals

Never lick a gift horse in the mouth.

Mixed metaphors

So skinny she’d have to stand up twice to make a shadow.

Appearance Body Expressions

Book Jacket: A fable of contents.

Definitions

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back, they’re probably broke.

Emotions Love Money

From now on, I’m watching everything you do with a fine-tuned comb.

Mixed metaphors

Doubles: Tennis game played by athletic couples who wish to burn a few calories while arguing.

Definitions Sports

Bargain: Something you can’t use, at a price you can’t resist.

Activities Definitions Shopping

“I only have diamonds, clubs and spades,” said Tom heartlessly.

Tom Swifties

Advice: Something which we give by the bushel but take by the grain.

Definitions

“So this is your new computer!” said Tom calculatingly.

Tom Swifties

Puttering: Woman’s word for man’s work.

Definitions

Family Planning: The art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you on the edge of financial disaster.

Children Definitions Family

She is so fat… when she sits around the house, she sits around the house.

Appearance Body Exaggerations Fat

The notion that space was empty, there was no stuff there, was something the mind finds it very difficult to get its head round, she said.

Mixed metaphors

They need to wake up and smell the music.

Mixed metaphors