Keyword: Size

Growing smaller

Oxymorons

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it's the size of the fight in the dog.

(1890 – 1969) 34th U.S. president, U.S. Army General
Characteristics

If a thing cannot be fitted into something smaller than itself, some dope will do it.

Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather

That room was so small you couldn’t cuss a cat without gettting fur in your mouth!

Expressions

The bigger they are, the harder they hit.

Fights Murphy’s Laws

Doesn't take too many of those to make a dozen.

Expressions

Crowded lifts (elevators) smell different to people with restricted growth.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws Things

Never try to guess your wife's size. Just buy her anything marked ‘petite’ and hold on to the receipt.

Appearance Body Clothing Murphy’s Laws Shopping

Knee high to a grasshopper

Miscellaneous

The smaller the ball used in a sport, the better the book.

Books Communication Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing Sports

It’s the wrong size.

Murphy’s Laws

If it says “one size fits all,” it doesn’t fit anyone.

Clothing Murphy’s Laws

He's as big as a gorilla and as strong as a gorilla; if he was as smart as a gorilla he'd be fine.

college football coach
Animals Appearance Body Insults Intelligence

So what if they're taller? We'll play big.

college basketball coach
Appearance Basketball Body Sports

How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian
Beliefs Characteristics Clothing

If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.


Characteristics Situations

The bigger the box, the bigger the things that won't fit in it.

Miscellaneous

The quartermaster has only two sizes, too large and too small.

Clothing Government Military Murphy’s Laws

Men can read maps better than women… cause only the male mind could conceive of one inch equalling a hundred miles.

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer
Men People Women

I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today; she asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian
Appearance Clothing People Self

I asked the Scottish Football Association if San Marino was a republic or a principality; they said it was a technicality.

Scottish football commentator
Insults Places