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I want to be sure we don't build ourselves a bag of worms.

Mixed metaphors

Nothing out of the unusual

Mixed metaphors

When the chips are down, the buffalo is empty.

Communication Language

You have to shoot where the fish are barking.

Mixed metaphors

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

Mixed metaphors

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

Expressions

Fiddlesticks: Violin bows.

Definitions

I know who turned off the lights,” Tom hinted darkly.

Tom Swifties

Ice Fishing: Winter fishing method in which anglers use a variety of specialized equipment to catch colds.

Definitions

Obesity: A surplus gone to waist.

Appearance Body Definitions Fat Wordplay

Four-letter Word: Par for the coarse.

Definitions Golf Language Sports

Once you open a can of worms, they always come home to roost.

Mixed metaphors

Optometrist: A person you have to see.

Definitions Doctors

You're pulling my leg over my eyes.

Mixed metaphors

We may never know exactly how much others know about us, but we can always suspect it.

People Self

Don't beat a dead horse in the mouth.

Mixed metaphors

It’s all moth-eared.

Malaprops

Growing up the trellis were pink and yellow concubines.

Malaprops

People have the persona that all Texans wear cowboy hats.

Beliefs Malaprops Opinion

Great American: What speakers call a man when they can’t think of anything specifically complimentary to say.

Definitions

Abdicate: To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

Body Definitions