Imagine you are explaining the following phrases to a young friend who doesn't speak your native language. Reword each of the statements to eliminate ambiguity and/or vagueness so that the meaning is clear to your young friend.
Example:
Statement: America is the land of opportunity.
Reworded: America is a country where opportunities are plentiful.
1. America is overeating.
2. I love my brother and my wife, but not in the same way.
3. She had the good judgment to dump the creep.
4. Music soothes the savage beast in all of us.
5. Ignoring lazy thinking is like snoozing on a railroad crossing--not a problem until it's too late