For example, someone actually going fishing after losing a hand of the card game Go Fish.
2007-07-26 15:14:19 · 6 answers · asked by katers113089 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Any of these would be a joke (or pretty stupid) if
performed literally:
let the cat out of the bag (why put the cat IN the bag?)
a monkey on his back (I'd rather have a monkey on my back than an addiction..oh, that's what it means...um)
the straw that broke the camel's back (pretty puny camel, or was it just a big straw? Why that straw, not the 800 lbs of straw on the camels back already?)
splitting hairs (now that is REALLY picky)
the ball's in your court ( one hopes you're playing tennis at the time)
back seat driver (my legs aren't long enough to reach the gas or brakes from the back seat)
barking up the wrong tree... (barking at all, for that matter)
2007-08-01 06:58:35 · answer #1 · answered by maî 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A few I can think of. (old jokes) Some of these are really not figuratively but I'm trying. We were at a party. Everyone was feeling merry. Mary left. We all jumped for Joy. Joy left. The party was over. Your momma is so fat that when she sits around the house, she sits AROUND the house. The commercial where an overweight guy is doing the dance the twist. The camera pans down to the top of a bottle of beer or whatever they were selling and it says "twist off". The person trapped in the bathroom for hours washing their hair because the bottle said "Shampoo, rinse, repeat". "Surely, you jest" --- "No, I'm serious and stop calling me Shirley." A man is massaging his girlfriends back and he asks "How is that". She says "Lower". He repeats, dropping his voice an octave, "How is that?" All I can think for right now other than a Joke about a Female Genie and three wishes that I can't tell here.
2016-03-16 00:04:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A couple of hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn't seem to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head. The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps to the operator: "My friend is dead! What can I do?" The operator, in a calm soothing voice says: "Just take it easy. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead." There is a silence, then a shot is heard. The guy's voice comes back on the line. He says: "OK, now what?"
2007-07-26 16:42:12 · answer #3 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh now I get that one! Good one!
How about...Somebody actually having a chip on his shoulder?
Your turn....
2007-07-26 15:23:40 · answer #4 · answered by exp 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone tries to sell his thousand points of yahoo answer for real money
2007-07-26 15:44:22 · answer #5 · answered by Sheltie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OH!YOU MEAN LIKE WHO'S ON FIRST NO WHO'S ON SECOND WHATS ON FIRST
2007-08-02 15:37:42 · answer #6 · answered by jackie r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋