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After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Communication Speech

Specialist: A doctor whose patients are expected to confine their ailments to office hours.

Definitions Doctors Health

“I didn’t look at all!” Tom peeped.

Tom Swifties

Middle Age: That time of life when you'd rather not have a good time than recover from it. 

Age Definitions

Nothing is so fallacious as facts, except figures.

Beliefs Facts

Isn't it nice to not have to look over our backs anymore?

Mixed metaphors

Fashion: Something that goes out of style as soon as most people have one.

Appearance Clothing Definitions

I’d sooner be in hell with my back broke.

Expressions Situations

As we consider the road that unfolds before us.

Mixed metaphors

Just give me a shave… I haven’t time to listen to a haircut.

Communication Speech Time

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

Insults

“The executioner has received the tool he needs”, said Tom with a heavy accent.

Tom Swifties

Cardiology: The study of poker playing.

Activities Definitions

“That’s the last time I’ll stick my arm in a lion’s mouth,” the lion-tamer said off-handedly.

Tom Swifties

Forger: A man who made a name for himself.

Definitions

If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.

Intelligence Stupidity

“Watch out for that broken glass!” she said sharply.

Tom Swifties

We are treading on thin water.

Mixed metaphors

“I teach economics at the university,” Tom professed.

Tom Swifties

Tricycle: A tot rod.

Definitions

But I don't have an intricate relationship with it.

Malaprops