the watch of time

We’re well into December, the grass is still green (not white), so time to sit back and enjoy more updated clichés (with originals in italics):

• You can call it a sweetheart deal when the love of your life is a cheap date
• Due to the giant detergent spill in the bay we were forced to swim against the Tide
• When there’s nothing left to take a breather might be able to exhale a suggestion
• Sugar coat sleeves can be shortened easily because they’re tasty
• If you want to see a tail between the legs is a good place to start
• Once they’re repaired, take a back seat to the car owner waiting in the corner
• If you really want to go for a swim upstream is a large, inviting pool
• The container needs to be broader if you are determined to take a bath  
• Without the sharks it’s roomy, swimming with the sharks it gets crowded quickly
• You’ll have to circle around it a few times first if you really want to take a long walk off a short pier