hemming and hawing
Reshape your body.
Terence Theodore, Proverbs for a New Era.
Reshape your body.
Terence Theodore, Proverbs for a New Era.
At first, Annette seemed surprised to hear Jack’s nebulous conspiracy blather. Later, though, she was seen drifting down the hall with a knowing smile on her delightful face.
Rhonda Carstairs, A Bad Case of the Whim-Whams and Other Stories.
axe of kindness
Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.
“A great deal of ruin.” Alex spent most of the afternoon trying to formulate a sentence that contained this phrase. A sentence pleasing to him, of course.
Anselm Bligh, A Collection of Miniatures.
“There’s a shortage of poems,” claimed Mitchell, gravely.
Benedict Elder, A Cosmopolitan Paradise.
“Behave, damn you!” grunted Mr. Shandy to the golf ball as it soared through the air. “Bloody behave!”
Burdyce Goode, Wonderful With Dogs.
“I’d like to own a shrubbery someday,” announced Allen, offering no help whatsoever.
Gareth Spence, She Braved All.
lease is moor
Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.
…the main character of the novel, one Julius Hobbes, becomes decidedly less interesting as the reader finds out more.
Sebastian Sleeve, The Random Walk and Other Stories.
“Yes, Brenda, it is sometimes difficult to find sexism in every little thing. But if you will just persist….”
Corliss Archer, Boarding the Crazy Train.