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"He won't bite, but he carries with him a large repository of judgements."

'Well, how did he react? Was it that scowling-grunt of no way, or that raised-eyebrows-grunt of just maybe?'

"Put a bit more expression into it..." "We can't tell the difference between the elephant and the mouse!"

Girl paint a free bird on the wall while man approaches with a cage.

The Devil's in the detail!

'Your knee wound is infected. I can provide an antibiotic. If you don't have a drug plan, I can prescribe 'time' which I understand heals all wounds.'

'Trust me, it's just an expression: I'm a crow and I can tell you I don't always fly in a straight line...'

"I've been controlling student behavior with a series of facial grimaces and contortions. Now I need a facial massage every week."

"Son, I really wish I could tell you that "Cowboy Ballerina" is a normal part of growing up, but... it's not."

The Legendary Birth of an Idiom

"You wanted to see me?"

'I still hold out hope that one day the wind will change back.'

"The mountain was named after a group of pioneers who stopped here and spent three months arguing about the best way around it before oncoming winter and dwindling supplies forced them to turn back."

"Would you please stop saying 'That's a no-brainer'!"

Actually it's Jane who has the mental health issues...John just likes to wear a dress.

''Raining cats and dogs' is just a phrase, Alix.'

"I travel ten thousand miles and all you can tell me is 'Don't shit where you eat'?"

Get the last word - apologize.

'You'll never get me to take my baseball cap off during class!'

"A wise person said, 'Curiosity develops the new product'....and that's why I'd like to introduce our latest addition to the team."

'Do you think ignorance is bliss?'

The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword.

Freedom of the press

'I think you've put that in the wrong place.'

'Are you still sure the pen is mightier than the sword?'

Free speech

Chicken and the egg, lets see who comes first.

"I still have my loophole, but I can't drive a truck through it."

"Maybe Mom wouldn't know you did it if you didn't sign your work."

One man asking another for advice

Photographer trying to encourage his subject to put on a less dreary face

Child having his portrait painted and mother asking for his expression to be preserved

"He's got a photographic memory."

The Power of the Pen

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