mc5 - AVMA Take 2

Yes, it's another round of that classic guessing game - Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Abstract [or any combination thereof]. This effort - '03/'04 should address any queries, but then again, may just serve to confuse and baffle which some might say is the point of the game. Patience, integrity and a decent search engine may be useful ....

I Say, Porter!

Boxing Helena? Boxcar Willie? Box girder bridge? Jack-in-the-box?

Raak

[ISP] None of the above.

I Say, Porter!

A jewellery box, a matchbox, Pandora's box, my kingdom for a box

Isn't 'not the sharpest tool in the box' more metaphor than simile?

I Say, Porter!

"it's a container of things made of wood and metal"

Is it a container of things, made of wood and metal; or is it a container of things made of wood and metal?

Raak

[ISP] None of those either, including "not the sharpest tool in the box".
[ISP] It's a container of things made of wood and metal. What the container is made of isn't important.