the watch of time

October’s rich in overlapping sports, so how about more enriched clichés (with the originals in italics):

• All you need is some concentrated smoke and mirrors will project it to the three dimensions
• A smoking gun seems to be an argument against both smoking and the proliferation of firearms
• Anyone who can professionally even out all those creases consistently well is a smooth operator
• SNAFU doesn’t sound like an appealing name for a new line of pet products
• A snail’s pace of business is really just a shell game
• Being forced to clean up that much spilled wite-out is a snow job
• So close, you can taste it later at home after your shift here 
• Their reasoning is to solid as a rock is to syrup
• I know they love their weapons, but to breed a son of a gun raises serious ethical concerns
• The disc jockey became so smashed at the party he could only make sounds like a broken record