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Do you follow where I'm coming from?

Mixed metaphors Understanding

Ugly as stump full of spiders.

Appearance Expressions Ugly

He really grates me up the wrong way.

Mixed metaphors

If a job’s worth doing, make sure you delegate it to the right person.

Work

Why buy the cow when you get the milk for free?

Expressions Marriage

“Look at my shiny kitchen floor”, said Tom, waxing enthusiastic.

Tom Swifties

Gossip: Something negative that is developed and then enlarged.

Definitions

Connoisseur: One who attains an obsessive knowledge of wines, audio equipment, cats or French cheeses so as to confer a sense of inadequacy on those who would simply enjoy them.

Definitions

Dirty laundry is coming home to roost.

Misspokements Mixed metaphors

She may want to tackle that battle.

Mixed metaphors

Angler: A man who spends rainy days sitting around on the muddy banks of rivers doing nothing because his wife won’t let him do it at home.

Activities Definitions

“I have writer’s block,” said Tom contritely.

Tom Swifties

What’s needed in government is more horse sense and less nonsense.

Government

Antique: An object that has made a round trip to the attic.

Definitions Things

These two guys are cut out of the same mold.

Mixed metaphors

We were the country that has more food to eat than any other country in the world, and with more diets to keep us from eating it.

Food/Drink Places

Don't corner something that is meaner than you.

Expressions Situations

“This tooth extraction could take for ever,” said Tom with infinite wisdom.

Tom Swifties

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

Tom Swifties

Silence is bliss.

Mixed metaphors

Warning: Dates in calendar are closer than they appear.

Time