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Might you share with us a humorous metaphor?

'Have you ever burned the midnight oil at both ends?'

Posted - November 24, 2021
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  • 10052
    Yes. I've also run around like a chicken with its head cut off a time or twenty. 
      November 24, 2021 6:03 PM MST
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  • 44602
    How about...'Running like a chicken with its legs cut off.'?
      November 24, 2021 8:34 PM MST
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  • 10052
    That would be even tougher. 
      November 26, 2021 7:45 AM MST
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  • 53503

     

      “That’s slicker than snot on a doorknob!”
      ~

      November 24, 2021 6:24 PM MST
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  • 44602
    Slicker than two eels havin' sex in a barrel of snot.
      November 24, 2021 8:35 PM MST
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  • 44602
    No comment about an?
      November 24, 2021 8:36 PM MST
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  • 53503

     

     No, I didn’t comment on it because I didn’t even notice it. It’s not as if you’re going to change it, so why bother? Mentioning it to me, you could have just as easily corrected it if that’s your goal or intention.
    ~

      November 25, 2021 7:49 AM MST
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  • 44602
    I am curious about its usage.
      November 25, 2021 9:10 AM MST
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  • 53503

     

      Curious in what way?
      ~

      November 25, 2021 9:15 AM MST
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  • 44602
    If the use of an is OK.
      November 25, 2021 9:26 AM MST
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  • 53503

    No.
    ~

      November 25, 2021 2:53 PM MST
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  • 10634
    Laughter is the best medicine - and it's OTC!
      November 24, 2021 10:26 PM MST
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  • 13395
    He was so adept at gaslighting that the auditorium caught fire and went up in flames.
      November 25, 2021 12:00 AM MST
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  • 44602
      November 25, 2021 9:12 AM MST
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  • 13395
    Wikid!
      November 25, 2021 10:43 AM MST
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  • 13277
    You omitted "mixed." But no use crying over spilled milk under the bridge.
      November 25, 2021 9:13 AM MST
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  • 44602
    Oops. But no sense opening a can of red herrings.
      November 25, 2021 9:30 AM MST
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  • 16763
    There's more than one way to skin a cat on a hot tin roof.
      November 25, 2021 7:38 PM MST
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  • 23572

    "You're on the Up escalator but you're living in an upside-down world."

     -- from Love and Money


    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at November 26, 2021 9:21 AM MST
      November 26, 2021 5:37 AM MST
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