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* ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'': "Drain the [[labelnote:stinger]]weasel[[/labelnote]]"



** "[=McQueen=] and Sally [[labelnote:parked beneath]]sitting in/up[[/labelnote]] a tree, [[KissingInATree K-I-S-S-I-N-G]]!"



*** "Praise [[labelnote:Allah]]the Lord[[/labelnote]]!"



* ''Literature/TheBFG'': The giants don't know idioms well, so they will often say them a bit wrong:
** "I'm as right as [[labelnote:snow]]rain[[/labelnote]]"
** "Skin and [[labelnote:groans]]bones[[/labelnote]]"
** "Human [[labelnote:bean]]being[[/labelnote]]"
** "I see you was not born [[labelnote:last week]]yesterday[[/labelnote]]"
** "Is I right or is I [[labelnote:left]]wrong[[/labelnote]]?"
** "Two [[labelnote:rights]]wrongs[[/labelnote]] does not make a [[labelnote:left]]right[[/labelnote]]"
** "They is always taking [[labelnote:fifty]]forty[[/labelnote]] winks"



* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' has "I didn't want to be a third [[labelnote: nacelle.]] wheel[[/labelnote]]" (ships in Franchise/StarTrek almost always have an even number of warp nacelles, usually 2). Potentially [[JustifiedTrope justified]] given that by that point in time, wheeled vehicles have been obsolete in the Federation for ''centuries''.

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* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' has has:
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"I didn't want to be a third [[labelnote: nacelle.]] wheel[[/labelnote]]" (ships in Franchise/StarTrek almost always have an even number of warp nacelles, usually 2). Potentially [[JustifiedTrope justified]] given that by that point in time, wheeled vehicles have been obsolete in the Federation for ''centuries''. ''centuries''.
** Also, "Thank the [[labelnote:prophets]]Lord[[/labelnote]]!"



* ''Series/WorzelGummidge'': Worzel, a scarecrow, commonly mangles idioms, and occasionally, others do as well:
** "Better to be safe than [[labelnote:bomswizzled]]sorry[[/labelnote]]"
** "Cross my [[labelnote:throat]]heart[[/labelnote]] and hope [[labelnote:my straw falls out]]to die[[/labelnote]]"
** "I, [full name], take thee, [fiance's name] as my [wife/husband] in [[labelnote:sunshine]]sickness[[/labelnote]] and in [[labelnote:snow]]health[[/labelnote]], [[labelnote:at seed scattering time or in harvest]]for richer, for poorer[[/labelnote]], through [[labelnote:plague and pestilence, fire and water]]good times and bad[[/labelnote]], 'til [[labelnote:we both fall to pieces]]death do us part[[/labelnote]]."
** "Then I guess I'd better make an honest [[labelnote:figurehead]]woman[[/labelnote]] of you."
** "As fast as my [[labelnote:wheels]]legs[[/labelnote]] would carry me" (said by a wheeled character)



* ''Series/TheBookOfPooh'': "He needs to use the little [[labelnote:Piglet's]]boys'[[/labelnote]] room"



* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'':
** "It's nice to have things back to [[labelnote:abnormal]]normal[[/labelnote]] again."
** "No more Mr. Nice [[labelnote:Ghost]]Guy[[/labelnote]]!"
** "Conquering these puny Earthlings will be a piece of [[labelnote:graphite]]cake[[/labelnote]]!"
** "I don't think there's a little [[labelnote:ghosts']]boys'[[/labelnote]] room in the woods."



* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': In "Opposites Attract", Lil says, "Looks like somebody's got their [[labelnote:diapies]]panties[[/labelnote]] in a bunch."

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
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In "Opposites Attract", Lil says, "Looks like somebody's got their [[labelnote:diapies]]panties[[/labelnote]] in a bunch.""
** Angelica once says, "[[labelnote:Roll]]Rome[[/labelnote]] wasn't built in [[labelnote:an egg]]a day[[/labelnote]]"
** "Do you swear to tell [[labelnote:Ruth]]the truth[[/labelnote]], the whole [[labelnote:Ruth]]truth[[/labelnote]], and nothing but [[labelnote:Ruth]]the truth[[/labelnote]] so help you [[labelnote:Bob]]God[[/labelnote]]?"
** "As [[labelnote:Bob]]God[[/labelnote]] is my [[labelnote:witless]]witness[[/labelnote]]"
** "When life hands you a lemon, make [[labelnote:applesauce]]lemonade[[/labelnote]]"
** "Yo ho ho and a bottle of [[labelnote:yum]]rum[[/labelnote]]!"
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** "A [[labelnote:latnum]]gold[[/labelnote]]-mine"
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** "Try not to look like a country [[labelnote:bug]] mouse[[/labelnote]].

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** "Try not to look like a country [[labelnote:bug]] mouse[[/labelnote]]."
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** "Try not to look like a country [[labelnote:bug!]] mouse[[/labelnote]].

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** "Try not to look like a country [[labelnote:bug!]] [[labelnote:bug]] mouse[[/labelnote]].

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** "It's a [[labelnote:bug]]dog[[/labelnote]]-eat-[[labelnote:bug]]dog[[/labelnote]] world out there, Princess.

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** "It's a [[labelnote:bug]]dog[[/labelnote]]-eat-[[labelnote:bug]]dog[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:bug-eat-bug]]dog-eat-dog[[/labelnote]] world out there, Princess.Princess.
** "Try not to look like a country [[labelnote:bug!]] mouse[[/labelnote]].
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* Dwarven curses in the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' setting include "Go take a long breath out of a short shaft," which from context and phrasing probably means "Go die in a hole" or similar. The saying most likely refers to the breathing of lyrium dust in the mines. Lyrium is basically the setting's magical macguffin, but it is very toxic to mortal beings. Breathing lyrium dust can, even in the best of circumstances, reduce you to a gibbering idiot, at worst, well...you don't want to know.

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* Dwarven curses in the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' setting include "Go take a long breath [[labelnote:breath]]walk[[/labelnote]] out of a short shaft," which from context and phrasing probably means "Go die in a hole" or similar. [[labelnote:shaft]]pier[[/labelnote]]". The saying most likely refers to the breathing of lyrium dust in the mines. Lyrium is basically lyrium, the setting's magical macguffin, but it is very toxic to mortal beings. Breathing ToxicPhlebotinum, in the mines. For mortals, breathing lyrium dust can, even in the best of circumstances, reduce you to a gibbering idiot, at worst, well...you don't want to know.transformation into untold horrors.
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* ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'': Bonus material reveals that long-lived races coined the concept of "Shortercon" ([[LoliconAndShotacon Shotacon]]) -- short for "Short-lived Complex" in this case, due to relationships with short-lived adults being generally seen as dating someone as old as a long-lived child.

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* ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'': Bonus material reveals that long-lived races coined the concept of "Shortercon" ([[LoliconAndShotacon Shotacon]]) -- short for "Short-lived Complex" in this case, due to relationships MayflyDecemberRomance with short-lived adults being generally seen as dating someone as old as a long-lived child.
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* ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'': Bonus material reveals that long-lived races coined the concept of "Shortercon" ([[LoliconAndShotacon Shotacon]]) -- short for "Short-lived Complex" in this case, due to relationships with short-lived adults being generally seen as dating someone as old as a long-lived child.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Selkie}}'': The Sarnothi, who are FishPeople, use "[[https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie1901/ singing to the school]]" in place of "preaching to the choir."
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** ''ComicBook/NotBrandEchh'' usually used these in morals to various stories, such as "People who live in [[labelnote:tin]] glass[[/labelnote]] houses shouldn't throw [[labelnote:can openers]] stones[[/labelnote]]" and "The [[labelnote:cheese]] grass[[/labelnote]] is always greener on the other side of the [[labelnote:moon]] lawn/field/meadow[[/labelnote]]."
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** One (purposely unidentifable) food item is called "What the [[labelnote:Aisha]]Cat[[/labelnote]] Dragged In"

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** One (purposely unidentifable) unidentifiable) food item is called "What the [[labelnote:Aisha]]Cat[[/labelnote]] Dragged In"
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** "Curiosity [[labelnote:assaulted the snail]] killed the cat[[/labelnote]]!"

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** A strip depicts a caveman saying, "Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a [[labelnote:sharp chunk of obsidian]]needle[[/labelnote]]in my eye."



** A strip depicts a caveman saying, "Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a [[labelnote:sharp chunk of obsidian]]needle[[/labelnote]]in my eye."
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': "Close, but no [[labelnote:banana]]cigar[[/labelnote]]."
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': "Lisa The Vegetarian" ends with Homer offering Lisa a [[labelnote:veggie-back]]piggy-back[[/labelnote]] ride home after accepting her decision to turn vegetarian.
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* Rusty in ''WebAnimation/PokemonRusty'' tends to use Franchise/{{Pokemon}} names in Palace of swears, such as "oh Dunsparce", "God Diglett!", and "son of a Bisharp!"
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* ''Literature/TheNameOfTheGameElrod'': Being demons, sayings with religious connotations are reversed, swapping "Hell" for "Heaven" ("What the Heaven's going on?") and "damned" for "saved" ("Not a saved thing!").
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* In the ''Literature/{{Tempest}}'' trilogy, merpeople talk about struggling to keep their heads [[labelnote:below]]above[[/labelnote]] water.

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* In the ''Literature/{{Tempest}}'' ''Literature/Tempest2011'' trilogy, merpeople talk about struggling to keep their heads [[labelnote:below]]above[[/labelnote]] water.
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-->'''Kuun-Lan Fleet Command'''''(agitated)'': Join the [[labelnote:Kiith]] club[[/labelnote]]!

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-->'''Kuun-Lan Fleet Command'''''(agitated)'': Command''' ''(agitated)'': Join the [[labelnote:Kiith]] club[[/labelnote]]!
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* In the ''Literature/{{Tempest}}'' trilogy, merpeople talk about struggling to keep their heads [[labelnote:below]]above[[/labelnote]] water.

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