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Imagination: What puts men in asylums unless they are crazy enough to put it down on paper or canvas.

Definitions

Genealogist: One who traces your family history back as far as your money will go. 

Definitions Family

He’s so chincy, he can call his every dollar by its first name.

Frugal Miscellaneous Money

Forty: The most difficult age for a woman to pass; it often takes years.

Age Definitions

Bad spellers of the world, untie!

Communication Language

“I can’t march any more!” the soldier called haltingly.

Tom Swifties

Conscience gets a lot of credit that belongs to cold feet.

Characteristics

Don't stand behind a coughing cow.

Miscellaneous Proverbs

Abort: To correct a misconception.

Definitions

It's as American as killing two birds with one apple pie.

Mixed metaphors

Executive Ability: The art of getting the credit for all the hard work that somebody else does.

Definitions Work

Luck: An explanation for the other fellows’ success.

Definitions

I’ll be on him like a wild dog on a ham.

Expressions

You can’t go in there cold turkey with egg on your face.

Mixed metaphors

Convict: The only person who likes to be stopped in the middle of a sentence.

Crime Definitions

He is so dumb, blondes tell jokes about him.

Exaggerations Intelligence Stupidity

“I got demoted,” Tom admitted privately.

Tom Swifties

Liberal: A man with his mind open at both ends.

Beliefs Definitions People

Among the propensities of humans which almost exceed understanding come the parsimony of the rich and the extravagance of the poor.

Money Poverty Wealth

Freudian Slip: Foot-in-mouth disease.

Communication Definitions

Well, that’s water under the dam.

Mixed metaphors