20 Examples of Double Meaning

Double meaning

The double meaning it's a literary resource in which an expression can be understood in two ways: with its meaning literal or with an implicit meaning.

For example: The bus was very small, we traveled like canned sardines.In this case, the expression "canned sardines" refers to the fact that the passengers traveled very tightly.

It is an ingenious resource to express irony (for example in jokes) or metaphors (for example in poetry).

Examples of sentences with double meaning

1. Juan live in the clouds, he never takes notes in class and then I have to explain everything to him. (live in the clouds: fantasize, not pay attention, stay distracted)
2. The house was upside down, so I kept ordering until late. (stand up: very messy)
3. Lets see if you put your feet on the ground, we don't have money to go to Europe on vacation. (put your feet on the ground: stop fantasizing)
4. They just called me from school to let me know that my son had hit himself, I went flying. (to fly out: go urgently, at high speed)
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5. Was always in front of my nose and I never realized that it was a Picasso. (in front of my nose: in sight).
6. As he is such a good student, i turned a blind eye about her behavior in the last few weeks and I gave her a 10 in the newsletter. (to turn a blind eye: to overlook something)
7. I don't give a damn that you do well in the exams if you are not a good partner. (I don't give a damn: it is not transcendent, it does not matter)
8. I got a five in math I'm a donkey. (to be a donkey: to be unintelligent)
9. Was in the cloud of Valencia throughout the documentary, so I don't know what it's about. (to be in the cloud of Valencia: to be distracted, clueless)
10. Go fry churros that we are working here. (send churros to fry: throw a person out of a place in a bad way)
11. As always, my boss look for the fifth leg to the cat to my projects. (look for the fifth leg of the cat: look for insignificant details to discuss)
12. As you will see, my neighbor does not have all the ducklings in a row. (not having the ducklings in line: saying or doing things without reason)
13. I i ate the head all weekend because of today's exam. (to eat one's head: to be worried)
14. Juan already has a position on this and he is not going to change it, no spend gunpowder on chimangos because he's going to continue to hold his posture. (spend gunpowder on chimneys: strive in vain)
15. I suggest you not give your opinion until you have heard the other bell. (listen to the other bell: listen to the other version of a story)
16. We barely went to the bathroom at the bar, my friend's boyfriend he threw a smoke bomb and he went to sleep. (to throw smoke bomb: slip away, vanish)
17. I was broke the heart when I heard the news. (break your heart: feel a very strong emotional pain)
18. That politician has no coherence, he just started the campaign, he turned like an omelette and he supported the same candidate that months ago he criticized. (to roll over like an omelette: radically change position)