Phrase Aficionado Gifts

"I was on the cutting edge. I pushed the envelope. I did the heavy lifting. I was the rainmaker. Then I ran out of metaphors."

Rare footage of a leopard changing its spots.

"An elephant never takes a horse to water - no - an elephant never looks before he leaps -no, that's not it - an elephant never has all his eggs in one basket - no, no.....!"

"You really did stink to high heaven!"

'No you can't play! There's no 'I' in 'team'.'

Meet The Phrasemakers

Clancy: Beggars Can't be Boozers

No thyself.

'No, I'm not over the moon - my cup really has runneth over.'

Oh, so that's 'how it's hanging'!

'This is Pete Henderson, the person behind the expression 'For Pete's sake''

"Well, actually, brother Eric, we do expect you to live like a monk!"

The Perpetual Motion (just a figure of speech) Institute.

"I've got to admit that in reality, 'languishing' is a lot less exotic than it sounds."

"The leadership team wants a catchy acronym for a new social media app they're calling Functional Applied Relationship Tracker. Any suggestions?"

Why we need poetry. . .

'Gentlemen, we need a slogan!'

"Wow, what a DILF."

"And almighty God said to Adam, 'Get a room already will ya!'" "Little known fact from the Book of Genesis."

'I had to stamp down on staff using nicknames at work. They even had one for me!'

"Abbreviations here, abbreviations there, and one is more incomprehensible than the next!"

Ginger's bakery: Our Cookies Snap!

"How else will I know when I'm clean as a hound's tooth?"

J.P.Hensmore Superintendent AKA Head Honcho, The Big Guy,The Man, Numero Uno and The Big Cheese.

'We don't have anyone here by that name. Was he perhaps using one of his aliases?'

'So push has come to shove...'

'Charles Frederick and Camilla Gladys!'

Cold Enough to Freeze Brass Monkeys.

"Costs have risen by 200% and we are behind schedule. We are living up to our acronym gentlemen and I am not happy about it!!"

'Unlike Wall Street, with its strict rules regulating insider trading, 'Love Street' remains un-regulated, and I'm pleases to let you know now, before the official announcement, that the position of Rolf Fusco's girlfriend is open.'

Thesaurus Publishing: Welcome, Greetings, Salutations

'Agreed, 'Laplace Algebra Matrix Expansion' is a good topic, but we'd better find a better acronym if we want to secure a Research Grant...'

'Ladies and gentlemen, we are the best team money can buy. Now LET'S PLAY BALL!'

'Now that I'm King, no more of that 'Eddie' stuff, Mom.'

"In my experience, cars with hyphens in their names are the best."