The following word game consists of proverbs, or old sayings, translated into pretentious, inflated language. See how many of them you can figure out. You can do these alone or with a group of friends.

Study this example first:

Missiles of ligneous or petrous consistency have the potential of fracturing my osseous structure, but appellations will eternally remain innocuous.

Translation: Sticks and stones can hurt my bones, but words can never harm me.

1			A recently purchased implement for removing floor grime invariably eliminates such grime most efficiently.
2			A single graphic facsimile is appraised in excess of myriad articulations.
3			Measurable duration and the alternate rise and fall of oceanic substance under lunar influence tarry not for a single Homo sapiens.
4			A precipitate avian ensnares the vermiculate creature.
5			The person emitting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation.
6			Sugary condiments secure initial pleasure, but fermentated grain is decidedly more parsimonious of time.
7			Trust should never be extended to Hellenic inhabitants transporting items for gratuitous dispersal.
8			Rectitude does not attach itself to binary transgressions.
9			Each canine possesses its period of preeminence.
10			Precocious entry into a somnolent condition succeeded by precocious reentry into a scheduled plan of activities will maximize salubrious conditions, remunerative gains, and sapience.
11			The depth of nocturnal gloom becomes most stygian just prior to the appearance of eastern solar photons.
12			Refrain from enumerating the denta of gratuitous members of the Equidae family.
13			Fondness for lucre constitutes the tuberous structure of all satanically inspired principles.
14			You cannot estimate the value of a bound narrative from its exterior vesture.
15			A single Pyrus Malus per diem restrains the arrival of the Hippocratic apostle.
16			Adorn yourself with the comfortable pedal encasement.
17			Cleave gramineous matter for fodder during the period when the orb of day is refulgent.
18			Aberration is the hallmark of Homo sapiens, while longanimous placability and condonation are the indicia of supermundane omniscience.
19			Although it is within the realm of possibility to escort equus caballus to a location providing a potable mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, one cannot coerce said mammal to imbibe.
20			Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion.
21			The policy of being sapient is injudicious where the opposite condition confers felicity.
22			Surveillance should precede saltation.
23			A timorous cardiovascular pump at no time succeeds in acquiring the pulchritudinous distaff.
24			Gramineous organisms are perpetually more verdant when located on an adjacent surface.