the watch of time

More of the warming glow of enlivened clichés (with the original in italics):

• Knee high to a grasshopper isn’t bad at all if you’re referring to the cocktail
• Lay your cards on the table before they get knocked onto the floor
• Nudity isn’t permitted where we’re going, so keep your hair on
• Since there’s plenty of families to gossip about keeping up with the Joneses is not top of the list
• One thing I can’t stand is a stone with slugs on the bottom, so leave no stone unturned
• If your hands are tied, you can knock your socks off by pulling them against the cheese grater
• Never mind the ‘tough love’, let the cat out of the bag before it’s too late
• Apparently they can measure hollow weight, and insist that it’s light at the end of the tunnel
• Given today’s marketplace, a Kodak moment may one day been seen as a collector’s item
• He’s such a prolific writer, he can concoct a legend in his own mind which will spawn sequels