And the Hippos were boiled in their tanks!
I deeply respect American sentimentality, the way one respects a wounded hippo. You must keep an eye on it, for you know it is deadly.
Is a hippopotamus a hippopotamus, or just a really cool Opotamus?
We traveled for two weeks with a pickled hippo.
But this plan of yous!' Tawaret shuddered, causing a tsunami of jiggling hippo flesh.
The hippo of recollection stirred in the muddy waters of the mind.
Believe that you may understand.
Hippo in a skirt: this was a comic reference to one of Solomon's principal wives, the one from Moab. Childish? Yes. But in the days before printing we had limited opportunities for satire.