Author: Anonymous Page 66

What a terrible cat's after me!

Malaprops

Off the cuff of my head.

Mixed metaphors

Beyond the question of a doubt

Mixed metaphors

It is better to be on penicillin, than never to have loved at all.

Emotions Love

Nurses: Patient people.

Definitions Health Occupations

He’d steal flies from a blind spider.

Characteristics Expressions Honesty

“I’ve stopped seeing my therapist”, said Tom unshrinkingly.

Tom Swifties

Window Screen: A device for keeping flies in the house.

Definitions Things

Hydroponic Gardening: Using a plant to convert water into yard work.

Definitions

Deep pockets… short arms

Expressions

Forget that guy – just illiterate him from your memory.

Malaprops Memory

Fishing License: Permit issued upon payment of a modest fee that allows fishermen to lose lures in a specified area.

Activities Definitions

That’ll separate the men from the goats.

Mixed metaphors

The fan is gonna hit the roof.

Mixed metaphors

“I have to fix the car,” said Tom mechanically.

Tom Swifties

Teachers: United Mind Workers.

Definitions Education Wordplay

Vacuum Cleaner: A sonic broom.

Definitions Things

I’ll get it by hook or ladder.

Mixed metaphors

Deterrence: The art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack.

Definitions

Class Reunion: Where everyone gets together to see who is falling apart

Definitions

So windy he could blow up an onion sack.

Communication Exaggerations Expressions Speech