Idiom Cartoons

Hour of rising vs worm acquisition.

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CC27902
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2017x1425 pixels (unwatermarked)
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early birds catches the worm, idiom, idioms, expression, expressions, saying, sayings, early riser, early risers, get up early, getting up early, worm, worms, grub, grubs, supply curve, demand curve, statistic, curve, curves, economics, chart, charts, correlation, correlations, causation, correlate, correlates, profit, profits, statistician, statisticians, stats

"We have testimony that you walk like a duck and you quack like a duck. Tell the court - are you a duck?"

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CC120223
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2000x1911 pixels (unwatermarked)
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cliches, cliche, clichés, cliché, expression, expressions, idiom, idioms, duck, ducks, court, courts, courtroom, courtrooms, trial, trials, walk like a duck, quack like a duck, witness stand, witness stands, witness, witnesses, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys, solicitor, solicitors, cross examination, cross examinations

"Good news. The test results show it's a metaphor."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CC41818
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1889x1476 pixels (unwatermarked)
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test, tests, test result, test results, stabbed in the back, idiom, idioms, expression, expressions, saying, sayings, metaphor, metaphors, metaphorical, literal, literally, backstabber, backstabbers, diagnosis, diagnose, diagnosing, physician, physicians, doctor, doctors, stab, stabbed, stabbing, stabbings, medical, medical diagnosis, good news

Bear toilet.

Artist:
Stevens, Mick
Search ID:
CC123694
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6481x4736 pixels (unwatermarked)
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lavatory, lavatories, port a potty, port a potties, outdoor toilet, outdoor toilets, outhouse, outhouses, bear, bears, shit in the woods, shitting in the woods, poop, poops, pooping, idiom, idioms, expression, expressions, saying, sayings

"Till now I always thought of the gravy train as a good thing."

Artist:
Diffee, Matthew
Search ID:
CC124815
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5617x5400 pixels (unwatermarked)
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train, trains, gravy train, gravy trains, figure of speech, literal, literal interpretation, idiom, idioms, gravy, steam train, steam trains, expression, expressions, saying, sayings, easy life, get rich, getting rich, misinterpret, misinterpretation, misinterpretations

"Well, I'll be darned. They had just walked away."

Artist:
Barsotti, Charles
Search ID:
CC24863
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2893x1933 pixels (unwatermarked)
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cliche, cliches, glasses, spectacles, lose, loses, losing, lost, phrase, phrases, walk away, walked away, walking away, they didn't just walk away, expression, expressions, idiom, idioms, search, searches, searching, find, finds, finding, found, easily lost, look, looks, looking, look around, looking around

"Why don't you try one before you start comparing them to oranges?"

Artist:
Hoey, Trevor
Search ID:
CC135304
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3025x2035 pixels (unwatermarked)
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apple, apples, fruit of knowledge, tree of knowledge, tempt, tempts, tempting, temptation, temptations, adam and eve, adam & eve, garden of eden, serpent, compare, compares, comparison, comparisons, comparing, apples to oranges, cliche, cliches, saying, sayings, expression, expressions, idiom, idioms, judgement, judgements, judgemental, judgment, judgments, judgmental, invalid, inaccurate, imprecise

"I bought the roses. I don't need to smell them."

Artist:
Kaplan, Bruce
Search ID:
CC28424
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2937x2345 pixels (unwatermarked)
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rose, roses, stop, stop and smell the roses, cliche, cliches, idiom, idioms, buy, buys, buying, birthday, birthdays, appreciate life, executive, executives, business executive, business executives, board room, board rooms, rich, riches, rich person, rich people, wealth, wealthy, buy happiness, buying happiness, corporate mentality, corporate mentalities

"I just heard some interesting news. The world is going to the dogs."

Artist:
Levin, Arnie
Search ID:
CC28609
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1858x1454 pixels (unwatermarked)
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going to the dogs, misinterpret, misinterpretation, misinterpretations, dog, dogs, idiom, idioms, cliche, cliches, dog lover, dog lovers, dog owner, dog owners, pet, pets, inherit, inherits, inherit the earth, news, news story, news stories, news item, news items, good news

"So that's how he's able to crank the stuff out."

Artist:
Gross, Sam
Search ID:
CC41624
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2000x1680 pixels (unwatermarked)
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crank, cranks, cranking, hard work, hard worker, hard workers, crank it out, cranking it out, literal, literally, idiom, idioms, saying, sayings, expression, expressions, figure of speech, office worker, office workers, hard work, working hard, cheat, cheats, cheating, cheater, cheaters, envy, envious, office equipment, equipment

"Hey, I'm unemployed, but I'm having fun with it."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC132107
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4487x4373 pixels (unwatermarked)
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unemployment, fired, barrels, dress up, positive attitude, monkeys, barrel of monkeys, barrels of monkeys, expression, expressions, idiom, idioms, more fun, have fun, having fun, has fun, unemployed, fired, sacked, laid off, out of work, enjoy life, enjoys life, enjoying life, mankoff

If Pigs Could Fly

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC28656
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3229x2015 pixels (unwatermarked)
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animals, pigs, pig, hog, hogs, expression, expressions, idiom, idioms, saying, sayings, colloquialism, literal, literally, design, designs, airplane, airplanes, aeroplane, aeroplanes, plane, planes, fly, flies, flying, fuselage, wing, wings, anatomy, anatomical detail, mankoff

A diner menu offers things you can eat: your words, your hat, crow, and my dust.

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC31350
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1973x2188 pixels (unwatermarked)
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eat your words, eating your words, eat your hat, eating your hat, eat crow, eats crow, eating crow, eat my dust, diner, diners, greasy spoon, greasy spoons, menu, menu option, menu options, idiom, idioms, expression, expressions, saying, sayings, phrase, phrases, famous phrase, famous phrases, counter, counters

First Robin of Spring

Artist:
Weyant, Christopher
Search ID:
CC122113
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3250x2713 pixels (unwatermarked)
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spring, springs, seasons, idiom, idioms, saying, sayings, proverb, capitalism, decline, season, warm, warming, sell, selling, sells, dickinson, emily dickinson, robin, first robin of spring, bird, robins

Expressions of mystery.

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC32641
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800x3034 pixels (unwatermarked)
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expression, expressions, saying, sayings, literal, literally, idiom, idioms, piece of cake, easy as falling off a log, taking candy from a baby, easy, easiness, ease, practical, practicality, meaning, meanings, interpretation, interpretations, difficulty, difficulties

"I'm gay! I'm gay!"

Artist:
Gregory, Alex
Search ID:
CC120806
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3000x2187 pixels (unwatermarked)
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gay, gays, homosexual, homosexuals, homosexuality, lgbt, glbt, lgbtq, lgbtqa, lgbtqa+, fish, fishes, salmon, salmons, brave, bravery, self love, swim against the tide, nonconformity, nonconformist, coming out, idiom, idioms, saying, sayings, go against the tide, courage, courageous, confident, confidence, self disclosure, identity, sexual identity, out the closet, out of the closet, salmon run, swim upriver, swimming upriver, semelparity, salmon mating, salmon spawning, spawning

"I'm sorry-this is literally my first rodeo."

Artist:
Katz, Farley
Search ID:
CC135374
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2977x1963 pixels (unwatermarked)
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rodeo, rodeos, first rodeo, first rodeos, cowboy, cowboys, inexperience, inexperienced, practice, practices, practicing, practise, practises, practising, literal, literally, idiom, idioms, expression, expressions, take literally, taken literally, lasso, lassos, lassoing

"You're supposed to push your envelope from the inside, Conners!"

Artist:
Wilson, Gahan
Search ID:
CC25244
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2101x1692 pixels (unwatermarked)
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jargon, jargons, buzzword, buzzwords, buzz word, buzz words, pushing the envelope, envelope, phrase, phrases, cliche, cliches, clichés, cliché, management, manager, managers, misunderstanding, misunderstood, wrong, incorrect, getting it wrong, irony, ironic, ironies, dramatic irony, order, orders, obedience, obey, obeying, outside the box, thinking, thinking outside the box, typical, businessmen, businessman, modern, modern life, play on words, word play, word-play, ignorant, ignorance, idiom, idioms

"It's a poor heart that never rejoices!"

Artist:
Borchart, David
Search ID:
CC135185
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3016x1512 pixels (unwatermarked)
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office, offices, office worker, office workers, office cubicle, office cubicles, monotony, monotonous, boredom, bored, humdrum, hum-drum, cubicle, cubicles, costume, costumes, dress up, dressing up, dressed up, banjo, banjos, banjo player, banjo players, bizarre, extravagant, extravagance, rejoice, rejoicing, abnormal, big personality, big personalities, uniform, uniformity, break the monotony, repetitiveness, repetitiveness, conform, conformist, nonconformist, nonconformists, idiom, idioms, saying, sayings

"There's gotta be an easier way to get candy from a baby."

Artist:
Kanin, Zachary
Search ID:
CC123944
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3064x2508 pixels (unwatermarked)
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candy from a baby, surgery, surgeons, operations, operation, operating, expression, expressions, theft, thief, thieves, steal, stealing, rob, robber, robbers, robbing, baby, babies, infant, infants, operating table, operating theater, operating theatre, candy, candy bar, candy bars, sweet, sweets, confectionery, idiom, idioms, misinterpretation, ease, easy, misunderstanding, mix-up, mix up, confused, confusion

"Finally the cat's away, and I get stuck with the Davidson account."

Artist:
Weyant, Christopher
Search ID:
CC121599
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3665x3175 pixels (unwatermarked)
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account, accounts, accountant, accountants, boss, bosses, manager, managers, management, managements, delegation, delegations, delegating, workload, workloads, expression, expressions, idiom, idioms, when the cat's away, the mice will play, while the cat's away, office job, office jobs, mouse, mice, overworked

"Do you mind if I use yet another sports analogy?"

Artist:
Wilson, Gahan
Search ID:
CC38439
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2182x2007 pixels (unwatermarked)
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sports, sport, sports fan, sports fans, sports enthusiast, sports enthusiast, sports analogy, sports analogies, baseball, baseball analogy, baseball analogies, repetition, repetitiveness, conversation, idiom, idioms, sports idiom, sports idioms, explain, explaining, condescend, condescending, boring, bored, boredom, drink, drinking, men drinking, at the pub, at the bar, one trick money, broken record, like a broken record

"Oh, sweetie, I'm sorry. I've been coming on like gangbusters again."

Artist:
Koren, Edward
Search ID:
CC36150
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3770x3013 pixels (unwatermarked)
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come on strong, comes on strong, coming on strong, knock you off your chair, knocking you off your chair, expression, expressions, literal, literally, take literally, takes literally, taking literally, idiom, idioms, take aback, takes aback, taking aback, taken aback, fall, falls, falling, fall down, falls down, falling down, bowl over, bowls over, bowling over, bowled over, astonished, astonishing

"Little bastard played you like a video game."

Artist:
Shanahan, Danny
Search ID:
CC46869
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2800x2354 pixels (unwatermarked)
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boyfriend, boyfriends, sweetheart, sweethearts, crush, crushes, growing up, child rearing, kid, kids, child, getting played, video game, video games, reject, rejects, rejected, rejection, rejections, computer game, computer games modern kid, modern kids, modern child, modern children, played me like a fiddle, idiom, idioms, expression, expressions