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That snake in the grass is barking up the wrong tree.

Mixed metaphors

Electric Eel: Fish that thrives in strong currents.

Animals Definitions

Temptation: Something which, when resisted, gives happiness and which, when yielded to, gives even greater happiness.

Definitions

Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.

Beliefs People

The squeaky wheel wins.

Mixed metaphors

Dirt: Mud with the juice squeezed out.

Definitions

Economists are still trying to figure out why the girls with the least principle draw the most interest.

Girls People Wordplay

White Supremacists: The most convincing argument against the theory of white racial superiority.

Beliefs Definitions Intelligence People

Bowling Alley: A quiet place of amusement where you can hear a pin drop.

Activities Definitions

Small Town: A place where nothing happens every minute.

Definitions Places

Bliss: Having no idea what is really happening.

Definitions

Consultation: A medical term meaning “share the wealth.”

Definitions

I'll bet she has her clothes made by Orville, the tent maker.

Malaprops

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.

Characteristics People

Adolescent: One who is well informed about anything he doesn’t have to study.

Definitions

“Has my magazine arrived?” Tom asked periodically.

Tom Swifties

You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome prince.

Dating Relationships Situations

Biting the hand that rocks the cradle

Mixed metaphors

She tried to use reverse psychiatry on me.

Malaprops

I can’t make these split-minute decisions.

Mixed metaphors

Father: A guy who is working his child’s way through college.

Definitions Family Fathers