PADDED CLICHES III 

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel

Can you let the air out of these grandiloquent clues to reveal a common expression or cliche?

1. Ingested in the manner of an equine

2. Precise longitude and latitude of the infraction

3. Not adversely affected by abrasions

4. Occasioned the domicile to plummet

5. Phlegmatic but with certitude

6. Employ visual acuity with trepidation

7. Desiccated as pulverized airborne particles

8. Diffident and recoiling botanical specimen

9. Exceeding the umbra of uncertainty

10. In propinquity with an infernal entity and the pelagic azure

Answers:

 

1. Ate like a horse

2. Scene of the crime

3. None the worse for wear

4. Brought down the house

5. Slow but sure

6. View with alram

7. Dry as dust

8. Shrinking violet

9. Beyond the shadow of a doubt 

10. Between the devil and the deep blue sea