If it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck, it could be a really ugly swan.

Genna: “My straw has a hole in it!”
Tim: *gives her a Really? look*
Genna: “One that it’s not meant to have!

If you are upset with another’s words towards you; be cautious of your reactions, for you are only meant to be a sounding-board for his soul

It could even be dangerous (to leave a lame duck on the board),

There are no makeovers in my books. The ugly duckling does not become a beautiful swan. She becomes a confident duck able to take charge of her own life and problems.

Let’s not mince words: the inside of the Sydney casino looks as if Vegas had an illegitimate child with Liberace’s underpants, and that child fell down a staircase and hit its head on the edge of a spade.