The bright red umbrella sticks out like a sore thumb among the gray ones at the station.

We decorate the break room with skull-and-crossbones banners and serve rum cake every International Talk Like a Pirate Day to get into the spirit.

The medicine went down like a cup of sick, making me gag for a minute.

The apology had gone down like a cup of sick, and no one accepted it.

The new policy seemed to go down like a cup of sick at the meeting, leaving everyone uncomfortable.

His apology goes down like a cup of sick with the audience, and nobody accepts it.

That bitter tonic was going down like a cup of sick, and I had to close my eyes.

He cut through the paperwork like a hot knife through butter, finishing the whole stack in an hour.

She chose to die just like one lived: openly, bravely, and true to herself.

She argues that he dies just like one lived, with dignity and without apology.