Silk purse, sow's ear?
A month of Sundays. The life of Riley. Happy as Larry. Cheap as chips. Keeping up with the Joneses.
Raining cats & dogs? They'd have to close the roof at Wimbledon then! Imagine the cricket: 'Erratic feline and canine activity has curtailed play'.
Pig in a poke? Never bought a pig, never mind one in a poke!
I could go on . . . a
Are these metaphors, aphorisms, sayings, mottos? What's the difference?
Which ones get over/misused? Which do you really hate? Suppose that's a kind of a game of two half's question?
Might just have 30 winks . . .
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