Oxymoron
The result of something being left in the freezer too long.
What is freezer burn
When you get two good things.
What is the best of both worlds.
The kindergarteners were frightened of the new principal who reminded them of Cruella DeVille.
What is Cruella DeVille.
The repetition of an initial consonant sound.
What is an Alliteraton.
A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
What is a pun.
A very large kind of seafood
What is jumbo shrimp
When being inquisitive is a bad thing.
What is curiosity killed the cat.
The minute he saw her walking down the hallway he felt like he had been struck by Cupid’s arrow.
What is cupid.
An extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect.
What is a hyperbole.
A stated comparison (usually formed with "like" or "as") between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.
What is a simile.
A plane that lands unexpectedly.
What is a crash landing.
Something that is very expensive.
What is costs and arm and a leg.
When I taught kindergarten, I often felt a bit like Bo Peep as I tried to herd the five-year-olds down the hall each morning.
What is Bo Peep.
An implied comparison between two dissimilar things that have something in common.
What is a metaphor.
The usage of a mild word in substitution of something that is more explicit or harsh when referring to something unfavourable or unpleasant.
What is a Euphemism.
Something that everyone should not know, but they do.
Asking what someone is thinking.
What is a penny for your thoughts.
He may not have looked like it, but growing up on the farm had given him Herculean strength.
What is Hercules.
The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
What is an onomatopeia.
A figure of speech in which the usage of words conveys the opposite of their literal meaning. These are often used in a humorous manner.
What is irony.
When you hope something good will happen, but instead the opposite happens.
Doing more than you should.
What is biting off more than you can chew.
He was so angry I expected him to turn green and tear his shirt to bits by flexing his bulging muscles.
A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities.
What is personification.
A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is.
What is an understatment.