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Yankee: The same as a quickie, but you can do it by yourself.

Definitions

People will blow smoke and mirrors at you.

Mixed metaphors

Nun: A creature of habit.

Definitions Religion

Dieting is not a piece of cake.

Food/Drink

Gossip: Anything that goes in one ear and over the back fence.

Communication Definitions Speech

Remember, Rome wasn’t burned an a day.

Mixed metaphors

“Has my magazine arrived?” Tom asked periodically.

Tom Swifties

Status Quo: Latin for “the mess we’re in.”

Definitions Problems

Hey, watch this!

Death Definitions Last words

Clichés: Fixtures of speech.

Definitions Language

He is so ugly… when he walks into the bank they turn off the cameras.

Appearance Exaggerations Ugly

The Norwegian language has been described as German spoken underwater.

Communication Language Places

I am sure I have done everything in my power since I exploded the affair.

Malaprops

Delegate-At-Large: A man at a convention whose wife didn’t accompany him.

Definitions

Cat bathing is a martial art.

Animals Cats

“I need an injection,” Tom pleaded in vain.

Tom Swifties

I hate to put you through all this rigor mortis.

Mixed metaphors

We'll rewind the calendar.

Mixed metaphors

Graduate school: The place where a young scholar goes off their parents’ payroll – and on to their spouse’s.

Education School

Brilliant sunshine rained down on the city.

Misspokements Mixed metaphors

Dad says the monster is just a pigment of my imagination.

Malaprops