Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 10)

I wouldn’t eat that with a ten-foot pole.

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

I'm so busy, I don't know whether I'm coming or not.

I'm going to have to kick it off by hand.

He’s not the sharpest marble in the drawer.

He's like a cat out of water

Not the brightest bulb in the drawer.

It's so far removed, it goes right over our heads.

You're pulling my leg over my eyes.

You've got to take the bull between your teeth.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Loose lips sink like a rock.

It's like locking the barn door after the nuts have bolted.

Unless somebody can pull a miracle out of the fire, they are cruising into the semi-final.

Like the old adverb you can lead a gift horse to the water but ya can't look in his mouth.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

We’ll cross that bear when we get to it.

Biting the hand that rocks the cradle

Theres no grass burning under this project.

This is a real cat and carrot situation.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

She grabbed the bull by the horns, and ran with it.

I thought it might be a good idea for you to check base with him.

Stirred the sea into a bowl of boiling cauldron