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Beware of the half truth… you may have gotten hold of the wrong half.

Beliefs Honesty Truth

That’ll separate the girls from the sheep.

Mixed metaphors

“Do you know the location?” asked Tom warily.

Tom Swifties

Courage: Fear in action.

Definitions

Senior Executive: Anyone with an office on the carpeted corridor.

Definitions

“How do you start a model-T Ford without a battery?” asked Tom crankily.

Tom Swifties

Among the many remedies that won’t cure a cold, the most common is advice.

Beliefs Health

Apparently: As either mother or father would do it.

Definitions

“I can talk faster than you,” Tom expressed.

Tom Swifties

I thought she had persisted from corresponding with him.

Malaprops

Obesity: A surplus gone to waist.

Appearance Body Definitions Fat Wordplay

Night Club: A place where they take the rest out of restaurant and put the din in dinner.

Definitions Places

To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.

Government Politics

Alarm Clock: Something that makes people rise and whine.

Definitions Wordplay

Long road to hoe

Malaprops

By the time a man finds greener pastures, he’s too old to climb the fence.

Age Old Situations

Any attempt to print Murphy's laws will jam the printer.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

An ideal mind is the devil's playground.

Misspokements

“Ought I to do this?” asked Tom with a shudder.

Tom Swifties

Diplomacy: The art of letting someone else have your own way.

Definitions

She is so fat… the police told her to break it up.

Appearance Exaggerations Fat