You Know What they Say
They're the 5 words that "makes Jack a dull boy"
All work and no play
Irony alert: owners of a Noah's Ark replica in Kentucky sued insurers for not covering damage done by this 4-letter word
Rain
Someone at the top is this monarch, the title of an animated sitcom
King of the Hill
Wally the Green Monster & his sister Tessie
Boston Red Sox
In the 1990s this state's plate briefly carried the slogan "Hoosier Hospitality"
Indiana
Completes Andy Warhol's line "In the future everybody will be world famous..."
For 15 Minutes
In 1985 the Cubs' speedy Davey Lopes had 47 of these, failing only 4 times--not bad for a 40-year-old!
Stolen base
A course of action with the potential for greater difficulties is this alliterative downhill course
A slippery slope
A fuzzy green guy named Southpaw, born on the South Side
White Sox
A speciality lobster plate lets drivers in this state show support for its signature product
Maine
"El amor es ciego" is Spanish for this phrase & not even glasses will help
Love is Blind
parents.com's "Key to Soothing Fussy Infants" is to mimic this place; "Swaddling... may trigger a calming reflex"
Womb
To do this means to exaggerate a problem into something much larger
Make a mountain out of a molehill
Ace, a colorful bird whose genus name is Cyanocitta
For the most part, Vermont's license plates have white lettering & numbers on this color background
Green
Speak up or no one will help you because this "gets the grease"
The squeaky wheel
The Appennine Colossus, Giambologna's 16th century statue can be found in this region of Italy that includes Pisa & Florence
Tuscany
Reaching one's highest level of efficiency; you don't want to be doing it "too soon", especially in high school
Peaking
Billy, who measures 44 inches from the tip of his bill to the tip of his back fin
(Florida/Miami) Marlins
A specialty plate from California supports conservancy programs here, a national park since 1890
Yosemite
In Proverbs 1:7, "Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge "; in Proverbs 9:10, it's the beginning of this
Wisdom
Looking like they're sent from heaven, a translucent sea this can stay attached to a mate for four hours & still hunt prey together
Sea angel
Be flexible: "If the mountain won't come to" this prophet, he "must go to the mountain"
Mohammad
A lime green parrot hatched in 1979
Pirates
This state's "Chile Capital of the World" plate won America's Best License Plate Award for 2017
New Mexico