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800 lb gorillaA blanket of

snow

A colorful

remark was no

half bad either

A different tacka heart of

blacknessA heart of gold

a heart of stoneA laugh in a

sea of sadness.

A light in a sea

of darkness.

A rainbow of

flavors.

A riverboat

shall be my

horse.

A stitch in tim

saves nine.

Aesopian

languageAlbatross

America is a

melting pot for

people from al

parts of the

world.

An infinitespectrum of

possibilities

Apolloarchetype

Apple of myeye

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As blind as a

bat

As busy as a

bee

As gentle as a

lamb

As quiet as a

mouse

As slippery as

an eel

As smart as a

fox

As strong as an

ox

As wise as an

owlAstroturfing

Authority is achair

Bad applesexcuse

Batten downthe hatches

Battle of egos Belling the cat Big red button

Bi-ja

Birds of a

feather flocktogether.

Black-and-

white dualism

blank check:Blind men and

an elephant Boiling frog

Bootstrapping Brass monkey Brass ring

bread and

circuses:Broken heart Bucket brigade

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Butterfly effect By and large Cabin fever

Camel's nose CanCatch-22

(logic)

Chain reactioncharacter

assassination:

Cherry picking

(fallacy)

Chicken or the

egg

China

Syndrome

Chinese fire

drill

Choices are

crossroads.City on a Hill Cold feet

Crocodiles'

teeth are whitedaggers

Crossing the

Rubicon

Cultural

mosaic

Dark/Black

Horse

Dead cat

bounceDomino effect

Don

Don't judge a

book by its

cover

Drowning inthe sea

Drunkard'ssearch Dry powder Duck test

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Early to bed,

early to rise,

makes onehealthy,

wealthy and

wise.

Elephant in theroom

Enchantedloom

Fatted calf

Fear is a beast

that feeds onattention

Few badapples

Figurehead Five wisdomsFlogging a

dead horse

fly like a bird Fog of war For me, time ismoney.

Fork in the roadFour Asian

Tigers

Gates of horn

and ivory

Gold in themine

Goodnight.Sleep tight.

Don

Gordian Knot

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Government in

the sunshine: grandfather grassroots:

Greek to me Green shoots grey area

Ground zero

He basted her

with flattery to

get the job.

He faded off to

sleep, while I

was still

talking to him.He had a coarse

manner of

speech

He has a heart

of stone.

He has the

heart of a lion

He is allheartbroken

He is the

shinning star

of our school.

He is the sunof my sky

He swam in the

sea of

diamonds

He tried to

help but his

legs were wax

Her bubbly

personality

cheered himup.

Her deep dark Her hair was Her home was

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secret was

revealed to

everyone.

bone white a prison, I

wonder, how

does she livethere.

Her soft voice

was music to

Andy's ears.

Her voice is

music to his

ears.

His belt was a

snake curling

around his

waist

His Eye Is on

the Sparrow

His hair is a

white

snowflake and

his hair is amessy

haystack

His head was

spinning with

ideas.

His home was a

prison.

His monkey

mind is always

full of newideas.

His silken lies

went unheard

in the court oflaw.

Hobson's Holy Grail Honesty is the

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choice best policy.

Hue and cry Hungry ghost

I do not like

him because h

is a shady

character.

I have been

waiting for thesweet smell of

success which

has now finally

reached me.

Ideas are waterIdeas are

wings

I'm

heartbroken.

Informationtravels faster in

this modern

age as our days

start crawling

away.

Inverted

pyramid

Invincible

ignorance

Iron

(metaphor)

It is raining

cats and dogs

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It's going to be

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Jumping theshark

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Light of their

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natural force

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physical force

Love is a social

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McNamara

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My brother was

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candidate /

carpetbagger:

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ma-grizzlyhttp://www.metaphors.com/metaphor/love-is-warhttp://www.metaphors.com/metaphor/love-is-the-airhttp://www.metaphors.com/metaphor/love-is-rapture-a-highhttp://www.metaphors.com/metaphor/love-is-like-an-adventure

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Pear-shaped Plateau effect Podunk

Point of no

return poison pill. Pole position

pork barrel

legislation or

patronage:

Post turtlePull your sock

up

puppetgovernment:

Pyrrhic victory Reality is anenemy

Red pill and

blue pillReverse ferret rider

riding coattails: Rolling indough

Roof of theWorld

Rosetta Stone Saber noise sacred cow:

sacrificial

lamb:salad bowl Salad days

Salt and LightSeeing pink

elephants

Shareholder

rights plan

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She could not

digest the news

when she heardit.

She got a

glowing

review thisyear.

She has a gait

of a peacock.

She has a heart

of gold.

She has the

heart of a lion.

She is a dog

when she is

hungry

She is my East

and my West Ship of state

Shooting the

messenger

Show someone

the ropesSilver bullet Slippery slope

Slow and

steady wins the

race

Smoking gun Snake oil

Snowball effect Soapbox Son of a gun

Spherical cow Spin Spiritualseeking

stalking horse Standing on star chamber

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news-when-she-heard-ithttp://www.metaphors.com/metaphor/she-could-not-digest-the-news-when-she-heard-ithttp://www.metaphors.com/metaphor/she-could-not-digest-the-news-when-she-heard-ithttp://www.metaphors.com/metaphor/she-could-not-digest-the-news-when-she-heard-it

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the shoulders

of giants

stooge: straw man

Strength and

dignity are her

clothing.

sunset clauseSurvival of the

fittest

swims like a

fish

Take a moment

to digest the

info.

Teaching

grandmother to

suck eggs

Technical debt

Texas

sharpshooter

fallacy

The

assignment

was a breeze.

The movie

struck a spark

that massaged

the audience's

conscience.

The Myth of

Sisyphus

The newsinflamed her

temper and she

decided to

The noise ismusic to his

ears

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resign.

The pigeons

fountained into

the air

The price ofmilk

The sea is ahungry lion

The Sheep and

the Goats

The skies of

his future

began todarken.

The stench of

failure should

not depressyou.

They were

kindling a new

romance

third rail,An

issue which is

so

controversial

Three sheets to

the wind

To the bitter

end

Tragedy of the

commons

Truth is food

for him

Tunnel visionTurkeys voting

for Christmas

Turtles all the

way down

United States

of America is a

Unmarked

grave

walks like a

duck

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shining

example of

democracy.

War chestWeathering a

stormwedge issue:

When she saw

him in front ofher Whipping boy

White elephan

Who breaks a

butterfly upon a

wheel?

witch huntWords are

false Idols

Yin and yang You are the

light in my life

You are the

sun in my sky

You canYou have two

cows

You light up

my life with

your presence.you live by the

sword, you die

You made

your own bed;

you reap what

you sow

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by the sword sleep in it!

Your friendship

is the picture to

my frame

You've given

me something

to chew on.

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