The lilies of the Nile bloomed beautifully in the garden.

There is something nasty in the woodshed.

What the deuce is going on here?

The road was so bumpy that the car was constantly on the huh.

Better the devil you know than the one you don't.

Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.

Let the dog see the rabbit.

The children were excited to play with the jacks-in-the-boxes.

The door-in-the-face technique is a persuasive strategy that involves making a large request first, which is likely to be rejected, and then following it up with a smaller, more reasonable request.