| A popular '90s sitcom: "Jerry" |
<i>Seinfeld</i> |
200 |
January 4, 2007 |
| A "Snow White" dwarf: Healer |
Doc |
400 |
January 4, 2007 |
| An Elton John hit song: "Reptilian Stone" |
"Crocodile Rock" |
600 |
January 4, 2007 |
| A Fiction Pulitzer Prize winner for 1983:"A Lavender Pigment" |
<i>The Color Purple</i> |
800 |
January 4, 2007 |
| A proverb: Shortness in speech equals ingenuity's spirit |
Brevity is the soul of wit |
1000 |
January 4, 2007 |
| Hound-consume-hound |
dog-eat-dog |
200 |
October 29, 2003 |
| Steal from Mr. O'Toole as compensation for Mr. Reiser |
rob Peter to pay Paul |
400 |
October 29, 2003 |
| Lollipop wallop |
sucker punch |
600 |
October 29, 2003 |
| A few folks enjoy the temperature high |
some like it hot |
800 |
October 29, 2003 |
| Traverse the indicated spanning structure upon arrival |
we\'ll cross that bridge when we get to it |
1000 |
October 29, 2003 |
| Release kitty from confinement in a sack |
Let the cat out of the bag |
100 |
May 31, 2000 |
| Resembling H2O dripping down from one mallard's dorsal region |
Like water off a duck\'s back |
200 |
May 31, 2000 |
| Participating with one cent, participating with 100 p. |
In for a penny, in for a pound |
300 |
May 31, 2000 |
| Having sufficient volume to rouse corpses from their slumbers |
Loud enough to wake the dead |
400 |
May 31, 2000 |
| Relate stories while not within a learning establishment |
Tell tales out of school |
500 |
May 31, 2000 |
| Simple, like plunging from one felled tree trunk |
As easy as falling off a log |
100 |
March 23, 1999 |
| Resemble a feline who ingested a yellow bird |
Look like the cat that swallowed the canary |
200 |
March 23, 1999 |
| An ancient alma mater attempt |
The old college try |
300 |
March 23, 1999 |
| Beam from ear to ear, during an appearance before a clandestine Kodak |
"Smile! You\'re on \'Candid Camera!\'" |
400 |
March 23, 1999 |
| Uncurbed kissers scuttle scows |
Loose lips sink ships |
500 |
March 23, 1999 |
| Peruse the environment in advance of jumping |
Look before you leap |
100 |
March 4, 1999 |
| Much more heat than can be adequately managed |
Too hot to handle |
200 |
March 4, 1999 |
| Toss a cap into a boxing arena |
Throw your hat into the ring |
300 |
March 4, 1999 |
| Snip the proboscis to punish the visage |
Cut off your nose to spite your face |
400 |
March 4, 1999 |
| An oaf will be separated from any savings posthaste |
A fool and his money are soon parted |
500 |
March 4, 1999 |
| One Granny Smith within one 24-hour period prevents a medic's arrival |
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away" |
100 |
March 7, 1997 |
| That man's pumping organ has a correct location |
"His heart\'s in the right place" |
200 |
March 7, 1997 |
| A single grasping appendage bathes your alternate grasping appendage |
"One hand washes the other" |
300 |
March 7, 1997 |
| Inspect using one closely-spaced men's hair arranger |
"Examine with a fine-toothed comb" |
400 |
March 7, 1997 |
| Inter one's skull among grains of quartz |
"Bury your head in the sand" |
500 |
March 7, 1997 |
| Everything's okay which finishes okay |
all\'s well that ends well |
100 |
December 15, 1995 |
| Unweighty like one quill |
light as a feather |
200 |
December 15, 1995 |
| Non-moving rivers go to great depths |
still waters run deep |
300 |
December 15, 1995 |
| Polish by hand in an opposite direction to the norm |
rub the wrong way (go against the grain) |
400 |
December 15, 1995 |
| An entirely original matchup between the Tigers & the Angels, for example |
a whole new ballgame |
500 |
December 15, 1995 |
| Correct like precipitation |
right as rain |
100 |
October 27, 1993 |
| Exactly something an M.D. called for |
just what the doctor ordered |
200 |
October 27, 1993 |
| Wee water pourers possess large auricles |
little pitchers have big ears |
300 |
October 27, 1993 |
| Be cognizant of a hurricane's direction |
know which way the wind is blowing |
400 |
October 27, 1993 |
| Disembark using a proper pedal extremity |
get off on the right foot |
500 |
October 27, 1993 |
| Display one's blood-pumping organ over the outside of one's arm covering |
wear your heart on your sleeve |
100 |
May 10, 1991 |
| Never postpone a project 24 hours when it may be executed now |
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today |
200 |
May 10, 1991 |
| A lack of anything which can be put in an epistle to my parents |
nothing to write home about |
300 |
May 10, 1991 |
| Tumbling down walkways between seating sections |
rolling in the aisles |
400 |
May 10, 1991 |
| One brief talk with a smart person will be adequate |
A word to the wise is enough |
500 |
May 10, 1991 |
| An industry does not exist that compares with the entertainment industry |
There\'s no business like show business |
100 |
October 17, 1990 |
| Don't miss flipping over any rock |
leave no stone unturned |
200 |
October 17, 1990 |
| Bekins & Allied Van Lines plus a salt container & a cocktail maker |
movers & shakers |
300 |
October 17, 1990 |
| Resembling the grim reaper reheated |
like death warmed over |
400 |
October 17, 1990 |
| Cut one novel to novella length |
to make a long story short |
500 |
October 17, 1990 |
| One lupine animal dressed like a lamb |
wolf in sheep\'s clothing |
100 |
June 27, 1990 |
| Throw a short-handled ax in a hole & cover it with dirt |
bury the hatchet |
200 |
June 27, 1990 |
| What's your opinion of those winesaps? |
What do you think of those apples? (How \'bout them apples?) |
300 |
June 27, 1990 |
| Lachrymose droplets shed by certain large reptiles |
crocodile tears |
400 |
June 27, 1990 |
| Males rarely attempt amorous overtures when dealing with bespectacled females |
Men rarely make passes at women who wear glasses |
500 |
June 27, 1990 |
| Remove a gust of air from that man's jibs |
Take the wind out of his sails |
100 |
December 8, 1989 |
| Flip over every rock |
Leave no stone unturned |
200 |
December 8, 1989 |
| Unfettered like one feathered friend |
Free as a bird |
300 |
December 8, 1989 |
| Steal the thing, then again, let the thing stay put |
Take It or Leave It |
400 |
December 8, 1989 |
| Speak in gobbles |
Turkey Talk |
500 |
December 8, 1989 |
| Loony like one milliner |
mad as a hatter |
100 |
October 20, 1989 |
| Having an intelligence quotient over that of an everyday ursine creature |
smarter than the average bear |
200 |
October 20, 1989 |
| Mr. Cagney breaks up maize, without my interest |
Jimmy crack corn and I don\'t care |
300 |
October 20, 1989 |
| Getting a look at a single example is the same as looking at the rest |
when you\'ve seen one you\'ve seen them all |
400 |
October 20, 1989 |
| Curl of hair, chicken broth, plus a cask |
lock, stock and barrel |
500 |
October 20, 1989 |
| Business without recreation results in John being boring |
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" |
100 |
July 21, 1989 |
| Fire a pistol into a clock's mechanism |
"shoot the works" |
200 |
July 21, 1989 |
| Drudgery enlarges encompassing all hours llotted |
"Work expands to fill the time available for it" |
300 |
July 21, 1989 |
| Agree employment, when obtainable |
"Nice work, if you can get it" |
400 |
July 21, 1989 |
| Make no inquiry, yours truly merely toils on these premises |
"Don\'t ask me, I just work here" |
500 |
July 21, 1989 |
| Retire at 9, up at 5, results in one guy being fit plus rich, not to mention smart |
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise |
100 |
February 13, 1989 |
| One bit of wood from an ancient cube |
a chip off the old block |
200 |
February 13, 1989 |
| The man that guffaws after all others have finished guffaws the greatest |
He who laughs last, laughs best |
300 |
February 13, 1989 |
| A single fine deed should be rewarded with the same again |
One good turn deserves another |
400 |
February 13, 1989 |
| A bigger group produces additional mirth |
the more the merrier |
500 |
February 13, 1989 |
| Entirely well attired without any destination |
"All dressed up and no place (nowhere) to go" |
200 |
November 14, 1988 |
| Rein in one's palominos |
"Hold your horses" |
300 |
November 14, 1988 |
| Toss one's loaves onto aquatic environments |
"Cast your bread upon the waters" |
400 |
November 14, 1988 |
| Buffoon's Utopia |
"A Fool\'s Paradise" |
500 |
November 14, 1988 |
| Fast like Mr. Martindale |
quick as a wink |
100 |
September 23, 1988 |
| The harbor chosen makes no difference if the weather is raging wind & rain |
any port in a storm |
200 |
September 23, 1988 |
| The baseball field just off the golf fairway |
diamond in the rough |
300 |
September 23, 1988 |
| Turn over a Granny Smith conveyance |
upset the apple cart |
400 |
September 23, 1988 |
| Autographed, shut up tight, then taken to the person specified |
signed, sealed & delivered |
500 |
September 23, 1988 |
| Unsighted, like the flying mammal |
blind as a bat |
100 |
June 19, 1987 |
| Not in view, not in brain |
out of sight, out of mind |
200 |
June 19, 1987 |
| A comparable location to one's abode does not exist |
there\'s no place like home |
300 |
June 19, 1987 |
| One graphic impression equals 103 groups of sounds with meaning |
one picture is worth a thousand words |
400 |
June 19, 1987 |
| Enunciation is simpler, compared with execution |
easier said than done |
500 |
June 19, 1987 |
| Bonded together you & I are upright, apart you & I collapse |
united we stand, divided we fall |
100 |
April 28, 1987 |
| The 4th month's precipitations elicit the 5th month's blooms |
April showers bring May flowers |
200 |
April 28, 1987 |
| At no time gaze at one freely proffered palomino's pearlies |
Never look a gift horse in the mouth |
300 |
April 28, 1987 |
| A singular despicable Delicious defiles an entire oak caskful |
One bad apple spoils the barrel |
400 |
April 28, 1987 |
| Succeed as one plumbous blimp |
go over like a lead balloon |
500 |
April 28, 1987 |
| Placing one's pedal extremity amidst one's oral cavity |
putting one\'s foot in one\'s mouth |
100 |
February 13, 1987 |
| Comparable to removing an infant's Snickers |
like taking candy from a baby |
200 |
February 13, 1987 |
| Gape wide, small flat seed found on hamburger buns! |
Open, sesame! |
300 |
February 13, 1987 |
| Rapidity creates refuse |
haste makes waste |
400 |
February 13, 1987 |
| Pointless to lacrimate about an accidentally disseminated lacteal substance |
There\'s no use crying over spilt milk |
500 |
February 13, 1987 |
| "Seven Little Men Help a Girl" |
<i>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs</i> |
100 |
January 1, 1987 |
| "The Wooden Boy Who Became Real" |
<i>Pinocchio</i> |
200 |
January 1, 1987 |
| "The Girl with the See-Through Shoes" |
<i>Cinderella</i> |
300 |
January 1, 1987 |
| "Puppies Taken Away" |
<i>One Hundred and One Dalmatians</i> |
400 |
January 1, 1987 |
| "The Amazing Flying Children" |
<i>Peter Pan</i> |
500 |
January 1, 1987 |
| Snag el toro using his hard bonelike projections |
take the bull by the horns |
100 |
November 15, 1985 |
| The 24th letter indicates precise location |
X marks the spot |
200 |
November 15, 1985 |
| A single wicker container should not hold the entire output of thy hen |
don\'t put all your eggs in one basket |
300 |
November 15, 1985 |
| Perpetually place one's prime pedal extremity in advance |
(always) put your best foot forward |
400 |
November 15, 1985 |
| Perform an optical scan prior to execution of a jete |
look before you leap |
500 |
November 15, 1985 |