Her hoisted with one's own petard scheme collapsed when the evidence she had planted was exposed.

After the long voyage, he staggered around the deck like a chicken with the pip, barely able to steady himself.

She ran through the office like a chicken with its head cut off, trying to find the missing report.

Investors who run with scissors during a market downturn often regret it later.

Grandpa would always say, "you can't take it with you," whenever we argued over who would inherit his old watch.

She glared at him and asked, "do you kiss your mother with that mouth", stunned by his rude remark.

Einstein famously declared that 'God does not play dice with the universe' to express his discomfort with the probabilistic Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.

By scheduling the meeting at lunch, he was killing two birds with one stone: discussing the project while reviewing the budget.

She killed two birds with one stone by finishing her report on the train and answering emails at the same time.

At the crowded market, someone managed to walk off with her unattended purse before she even noticed.