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"I'm groping the balls of the storm."

The manager hesitated for a moment on the phone. "I'm sorry, can you repeat that?" he asked the newly hired immigrant worker.

"I...rub the storm...balls?" the man said, coughing.

Before he could ask again, the manager heard a little commotion on the line, followed by a younger voice. <...

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Idioms

An English teacher is explaining idioms to her class and how figurative language won’t make any sense in another language. She states, “for example, if you go to Japan and tell someone they hit the ball out of the park, that person will have no idea what you’re talking about.”

One student imm...

I’m an expert in idioms

I know them like the front of my hand

Whenever I use idioms in the wrong context...

...people look at me as if I'm as thick as thieves!

I never get my idioms mixed up

and you can take that to the bank and smoke it

A horse walks into a bar.

The bartender confuses jokes with idioms, and offers the horse water but can't make it drink.

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