Why English can be a hard language to learn.... How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
Your house burns up as it burns down.
How is it that 'not pertinent' and 'impertinent' don't mean the same? (thanks m. a. duron)
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
After a number of injections my jaw got number.
Because she was impregnable, she was impregnable.
What started as a sanguine meeting turned into a sanguine shambles after the guards fired into the crowd.
English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France
He was fed up of just eating date(s) with his date.
In spite of vigorous oversight, the financial loss was an oversight.
Joe thought his boss would sanction the activity; instead, Joe was severely sanctioned.
Things are going downhill, it will be an uphill battle to correct the situation.
A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
He could lead if he would get the lead out.
He was cold and tired. He started to buckle as he tried to buckle his coat.
I did not object to the object.
The bandage was wound around the wound.
The buck does funny things when the does are present.
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
They were too close to the door to close it.
When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
While chained, he tried to bolt, but the bolt restrained him.
The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
You fill in a form by filling it out.
Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
We must polish the Polish furniture.
Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
Because his ride left, he was left.
After they trimmed the Christmas Tree, they trimmed it with the lights.
An alarm goes off by going on.
Because he suffered from a handicap, he received a handicap.
had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
He dusted for fingerprints and then had to dust.
How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
In order to save the village we had to destroy it.
Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
The farm was used to produce produce.