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I guess I threw a cog in the wrench.

Mixed metaphors

There's light at the end of this rainbow.

Mixed metaphors

He's as crooked as a barrel of snakes.

Expressions

Grandmother: A babysitter who doesn’t hang around the refrigerator.

Definitions Family

Bigamist: A man who who has had one too many.

Definitions Marriage

If she was cast as Lady Godiva the horse would steal the show.

Acting Entertainment Insults

Newborn Baby: Fresh heir.

Definitions

Sabbatical: A Latin word meaning, “I quit, but you won’t know it for certain for a year.”

Definitions

The city is negotiating with the railway so it can take over the maintenance of the right away.

Malaprops

An Englishman considers himself a self-made man, and thereby relieves the Almighty of a dreadful responsibility.

England People Places

Let's call the kettle what it is!

Mixed metaphors

Love may be blind but marriage is a real eye-opener.

Emotions Love Marriage

“Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays I sleep in a wigwam; Tuesdays, Thursdays, and weekends I sleep in a teepee”, said Tom very attentively.

Tom Swifties

Accordion: A bagpipe with pleats.

Things

Cute as a duck in a hat.

Expressions

Keep your ear to the grindstone.

Mixed metaphors

Farmer: A man who is outstanding in his field.

Definitions Wordplay

“Let’s all play an A, a C#, and an E”, cried the band with one accord.

Tom Swifties

Absent: The notation generally following your name in a class record.

Definitions

His ears are so big… he heard the sun come up.

Appearance Body Exaggerations

The Three Ages of Marriage: Twenty is when you watch the TV after; Forty is when you watch the TV during; Sixty is when you watch the TV instead.

Entertainment Marriage Sex Television