我捋了捋头发，轻轻仰头一甩，潇洒地对学生说，“先把解放全人类的事情放一放。把我刚才捋头发甩头发的动作准确地描写出来再说。”
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我说，“等你能够写出‘He re-feathers his hair with his fingers and flicks his bangs back using only his neck muscles.’之类的句子后，才考虑解放全人类吧！”
It gets so cold in Alaska, some of the people go to Siberia for the winter. （夸张）
The barber asked me if I had ketchup on my shirt. I said no. And he dialed 911. （委婉语）
America is the only country where a housewife hires a woman to do her cleaning so she can do voluntary work at the day-care centre where the cleaning lady leaves her children. （讽刺）
Even your wisdom teeth are retarded. （自相矛盾）
In a backward country you can’t drink the water, and in an advanced country you can’t breathe the air. （对比）
Bill Clinton was only a microscopic polyp in the colon of national politics. （比喻）
She got her good look from her father. He is a plastic surgeon. （意外结局）
As soon as you find key to success, somebody always changes the lock. （一语双关）
