Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 10)

Take time to stop and smell the tunnel at the end of the rainbow.

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They gave him a raw shake.

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We are just scratching the tip of the iceberg.

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I didn't have two minutes to rub together.

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Hell hath no fury like a wet cat.

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Loose lips sink like a rock.


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They burnt the midnight candle to resolve the issues.

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… has eaten into the grocery chain’s luxury food side.

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The notion that space was empty, there was no stuff there, was something the mind finds it very difficult to get its head round, she said.

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I think we got on like a house gathering no moss.

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Don't count your chickens until you see the whites of their eyes.

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It's time to grab the bull by the tail and look it in the eye.

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I don't want that monkey around my neck.

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Don't take any wooden Indians.

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Dirty laundry is coming home to roost.

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You can take that to the bank and smoke it.

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When you put your best foot forward, it rubs off on someone.

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Time rolled up like a scroll, while the plague nibbled at the edges of their years.

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Once you open a can of worms, they always come home to roost.

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I could beat him with my eyes tied behind my back.

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Fewer and fewer in between

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