“Dr Pepper is just BBQ water”
"'Sprite is just spicy water and Dr. pepper is bbq water' -Tyson Weiler" was posted on Twitter by krista jo on February 18, 2018. "Dr. Pepper DOES NOT taste like BBQ…
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“Dr. Frankenstein entered a bodybuilding competition” (joke)
Dr. Frankenstein is a character in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1823) who creates a monster. This "body building" is different from…
“Dr. Pepper - Good for Life”
Dr Pepper (now without the period for "Dr.") is a soft drink that began in Waco, Texas in 1885. "Good for life!" is one of Dr Pepper's longest-used slogans, from 1923 until…
“Dr. Watson, there are a lot of break ins lately.”/“Sure. Lock homes.”
Sherlock Holmes (a fictional detective) sounds like "sure, lock homes." There was a Felix the Cat cartoon titled Sure-Locked Homes (1928). There was a "Sure-Lock-Homes"…
“Draft beer, not people” (“Draft beer, not students”)
"Draft beer, not people/soldiers/students/men/boys" is a saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as T-shirts and buttons. "Draft beer, not students" has been cited…
“Dragged through the garden” (hot dog with everything on it)
"Dragged through the garden" (or "run through the garden") is hot dog lingo for a hot dog with everything on it (also called "the works"). New York City hot dogs…
“Dragon fruit are just really flamboyant kiwis”
Dragon fruit has been compared to kiwi. "Dragon Fruit is like flavourless kiwi fruit. just blah" was posted on Twitter by christine catleugh on July 24, 2009. "Honestly dragonfruit…
“Dragon fruit is just albino kiwi”
Dragon fruit has been compared to kiwi. "Dragon Fruit is like flavourless kiwi fruit. just blah" was posted on Twitter by christine catleugh on July 24, 2009. "Honestly dragonfruit…
“Dragon fruit is just boneless kiwi”
Dragon fruit has been compared to kiwi. "Dragon Fruit is like flavourless kiwi fruit. just blah" was posted on Twitter by christine catleugh on July 24, 2009. "Honestly dragonfruit…
“Dragon fruit is just flavorless kiwi”
Dragon fruit has been compared to kiwi. "Dragon Fruit is like flavourless kiwi fruit. just blah" was posted on Twitter by christine catleugh on July 24, 2009. "Honestly dragonfruit…
“Dragonfruit is the ‘super hot girl with no personality’ of the fruit world”
Dragonfruit sounds exotic, but many people find it tasteless. "Really, NYT, REALLY? Dragonfruit is the Blake Lively of the fruit world--pretty but tasteless. http://nyti.ms/lnnvCP" was…
“Dragonfruit is the supermodel of the fruit world—all looks, little taste”
Dragonfruit sounds exotic, but many people find it tasteless. "Really, NYT, REALLY? Dragonfruit is the Blake Lively of the fruit world--pretty but tasteless. http://nyti.ms/lnnvCP" was…
“Drain the swamp” (clean up government)
The saying "drain the swamp" has had a long history in American politics. The saying originally meant to "drain the swamp" to get rid of malaria-carrying mosquitoes. Victor…
“Drama—what literature does at night”
American drama critic George Jean Nathan (1882-1958) wrote in Testament of a Critic (1931): "Drama. -- What literature does at night." This short definition of drama has been frequently…
“Drama is life with the dull parts cut out of it”
"Drama is life with the dull parts cut out of it" means that drama reflects life, but it's time-compressed with only the interesting parts left in. For example, a biographical film…
“Draw for show and follow for dough” (billiards adage)
"Draw for show, follow for dough" is a saying that has been used in billiards since at least 2000, when it was the title of an article by Tom Simpson. A "draw" is a difficult…
“Dread the Fed”
The Federal Reserve (frequently called "the Fed") is the central banking system of the United States. "Should we dread the Fed?" was asked in a 2009 book. Irwin Kellner, the…
“Dream big, work hard and make it happen”
"Dream big, work hard and make it happen" is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. “Dream big and work hard" was published in a 2000 book. "He struck me…
“Dream catchers imply the existence of dream pitchers, dream shortstops, an entire dream team”
A "dreamcatcher" has nothing to do with baseball, but many people joke that there should also be "dream pitchers." "Si existen los 'dreamcatcher'....existen los…
“Dreamcatcher implies the existence of dreampitcher”
A "dreamcatcher" has nothing to do with baseball, but many people joke that there should also be "dream pitchers." "Si existen los 'dreamcatcher'....existen los…