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Break a leg!
Idiom
To spill the tea
Idiom
To smell a rat
Idiom
This is another fine mess you have got us into.
Oxymoron
There is a real love hate relationship developing between the two of them.
Oxymoron
Her singing was enough to raise the living dead.
Oxymoron
His new girlfriend really is pretty ugly.
Oxymoron
Act naturally.
Oxymoron
Original copy
Oxymorn
The other day I held the door open for a clown. I thought it was a nice jester.
PUN
A chicken crossing the road is truly poultry in motion.
PUN
After hours of waiting for the bowling alley to open, we finally got the ball rolling.
PUN
Always trust a glue salesman. They tend to stick to their word.
PUN
"She was fishing for compliments."
Metaphor
She's going through a rollercoaster of emotions.
Metaphor
She sells seashells by the sea-shore
Alliteration
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Alliteration
Lightning danced across the sky
Personification
The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.
Personification
My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
Personification
He's running faster than the wind
Hyperbole
This bag weighs a ton.
Hyperbole
That man is as tall as a house.
Hyperbole
The shopping cost me a million dollars.
Hyperbole
Huh Sob Kerplunk
Onomatopeia
Slurp Brrr Splat
Onomatopeia
Ka-boom Boom Beep
Onomatopoeia
They fought like cats and dogs.
Similie
He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys.
Similie
Cheep Moo Whimper
Onomatopoeia
Laughter is the music of the soul.
Metaphor
John's suggestion was just a Band-Aid for the problem.
Metaphor
Your explanation is as clear as mud
Similie
When you get an "F" on your term paper and say, "Wow, I did a really good job on my term paper!" That is?
Irony
The police station gets robbed
Irony