A little burn makes a big smart sometimes. But even a big burn could not make some people smart.
"Don't talk to me about compulsory vaccination!" exclaimed the man who had his arm in a sling. "I'm sore on that subject."
There are many sweet, entrancing moments in this life, but when a man steps on your pet corn you do not experience one of them.
The impecunious young man who marries a girl with a substantial check attached may very properly be said to have been checkmated.
Visitor—I suppose you have a great deal of poetry sent into you for publication?
Editor—No, not very much poetry as a rule; some of it is verse, and some of it is worse.