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… just to relieve the monopoly.

Malaprops Situations

When sleeping dogs fly.

Mixed metaphors

Homosexual: A man’s man.

Definitions Men

I'm flying by the edge of my seat.

Misspokements

Never put all your eggs in one omelet.

Mixed metaphors

Gossip: One with a keen sense of rumor.

Definitions

There's a pot of gold at the end of the tunnel.

Mixed metaphors

“I’m going after that red fish,” said Tom erringly.

Tom Swifties

He's got too many oars in the fire.

Misspokements

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

Beliefs Proverbs

Men are like textbooks: you have to spend a lot of time between the covers to gain a small amount of satisfaction.

Books Education Men People Reading/Writing

Idle hands are the mother of invention.

Mixed metaphors

You can take that to the bank and smoke it.

Mixed metaphors

“Your trousers have come apart!” was Tom’s unseemly comment.

Tom Swifties

“It’s a unit of electric current,” said Tom amply.

Tom Swifties

It was not the apple on the tree but the pair on the ground that caused the trouble in the garden.

Beliefs People Religion Sex

“No ellipses, parabolas or hyperbolas,” said Tom laconically.

Tom Swifties

Quartet: Four men, all of whom think that the other three can’t sing.

Definitions Entertainment

Bridegroom: A man who is amazed at the outcome of what he thought was a harmless little flirtation.

Definitions

Don't be irreplaceable; if you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.

Work

Chiropodist: A man who makes money hand over foot.

Definitions Doctors Occupations