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"Let's gather up the rope," said Tom coyly.

Tom Swifties

You’ll never be as lazy as whoever named the fireplace.

Miscellaneous

He’d gripe with a ham under each arm.

Expressions

We need to look the 800-pound gorilla in the mouth

Mixed metaphors

Upper Crust: People stuck together by their dough.

Definitions Money People

“Why do I have to strip naked again?” asked Tom rebuffingly.

Tom Swifties

“We’re off to Scotland,” said Tom clandestinely.

Tom Swifties

Conference: An organized way of postponing a decision.

Definitions

She has really plummeted to the top of the charts.

Malaprops

Abash: A high school graduation party.

Definitions

I like a lot of partisan cheese on my pizza.

Food/Drink Malaprops

Nothing out of the unusual

Mixed metaphors

Compromise: A deal in which two people get what neither of them wanted.

Definitions

Donuts: The only non-negotiable element to a successful meeting.

Definitions

Selfishness: Annoying quality of someone who has what I want, but is not prepared to give it to me.

Definitions

Slogan: A good old American substitute for the facts.

Definitions

Lawyer: A fellow who is willing to go out and spend your last cent to prove he’s right.

Definitions Lawyers

Too many skeletons in her background

Mixed metaphors

“I can no longer hear anything,” said Tom deftly.

Tom Swifties

He was grinning like a butchers dog.

Emotions Expressions Happiness

At twenty, we don’t care what the world thinks of us; at thirty, we worry about what it’s thinking of us; at forty, we discover it isn’t thinking about us at all.

Age Intelligence