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Wound up tighter than an eight-day clock

Expressions

Heir Fare: Executor’s fee.

Definitions Wordplay

Small Town: A place where nothing happens every minute.

Definitions Places

Silence is bliss.

Mixed metaphors

I'm traveling incoherent.

Malaprops

Crazier than a dog in a hubcap factory

Expressions

“Why shouldn’t I stir my yoghurt with a ballpoint pen?” Tom bickered.

Tom Swifties

He's the meanest man on the face of the universe.

Mixed metaphors

Honest Politician: One who, when he is bought, will stay bought.

Definitions Government Politicians

Hypochondriac: One who enjoys poor health, then complains of feeling better.

Definitions Health

Dog Pound: A used cur lot.

Definitions

They try to balance a fine line.

Mixed metaphors

Kids… I like kids, but I couldn’t eat a whole one.

Age Children Family Travel

Charm: That indefinable something possessed by girls with stunning figures.

Appearance Definitions

Don't look a gift horse in the eye.

Mixed metaphors

We're robbing Peter to pay the piper.

Mixed metaphors

Faster than a dog's tail in a meat market.

Expressions Time

She's not wearing enough clothes to flag a hand car.

Appearance Clothing Expressions

Kids in back seats cause accidents, accidents in back seats cause kids.

Children Family Sex Wordplay

Campers: Nature’s way of feeding mosquitoes.

Definitions

Vacation: Where you take the family to get away from it all, only to find it there, too.

Definitions