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Keep your nose up!

Mixed metaphors

Science Fiction: Fairy tales for nerds.

Communication Definitions Science/Weather

To the max degree

Mixed metaphors

A rolling stone gathers momentum.

Science/Weather Situations

If there’s ever a price on your head – take it.

Insults

Yacht: A floating debt.

Definitions

“Get out of here!” said Tom believingly.

Tom Swifties

I guess you could say I'm an internal optometrist.

Malaprops

She is so ugly… when she goes swimming the tide goes out.

Appearance Exaggerations Ugly

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

Alcohol Food/Drink Health Life

As long as that dog hunts, we’ll ride him,

Mixed metaphors

“This pencil tip is dull,” she said pointedly.

Tom Swifties

Homer also wrote the Oddity.

Books Malaprops Reading/Writing

Cross-Eyed Teacher: A teacher that loses control over his or her pupils.

Definitions

Sarcasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the recipient who doesn’t get it.

Communication Definitions

Business conventions are important because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without.

People

… just to relieve the monopoly.

Malaprops Situations

“Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess,” Tom began grimly.

Tom Swifties

Acupuncture: A jab well done.

Definitions

Winter: The time of year when it gets later earlier.

Definitions Science/Weather

I hate to put you through all this rigor mortis.

Mixed metaphors