Former Massachusetts U.S. Congressman William Delahunt, defending the $250,000 a year salary he will receive as head of a medical marijuana dispensary: "It's not the golden calf or the golden cow." No, it's a goose, and it will be laying a lot of golden eggs in his pocket.

An author describes folks trying to dream up a creative solution to a tough problem as "wracking their brains." Yes, thinking too much can lead to wrack and ruin. Better to stretch the old brain on the rack.

Submitted by our Florida correspondent who provided the inspiration for this blog with his self-deprecating comment on the tennis court. "I feel like the village albatross"-- a pretty CNN reporter observed that a certain company may have avoided legal trouble by "slipping under the loophole." Nice radar, Professor Silver!

In a Cape Cod Times editorial: "After less than a year in office, Senator Elizabeth Warren is now considered presidential timbre." Does that mean she shouts loudly from the podium?

In a YouTube video a fellow said he stopped eating pomegranates when he got juice all over his white shirt while struggling to open one: "It was the needle that broke the camel's back." Almost as bad as looking for a straw in a haystack.

A tennis partner reacting to an opponent hitting six spectacular shots in a row: "Buddy, you're living on borrowed land." Now that would make sense if you had just taken out a mortgage on your farm.

In a manuscript under contract to a major publisher, an author told the story of a young woman's spectacular performance on the soccer field, concluding with: "I was so proud of her amazing athletic feet." Any other sport, and I would have dismissed this as a lowly malaprop.