Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 11)

I could hear the handwriting on the wall.

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Sometimes you just have to let sleeping dogs fall where they may.

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Now I'm going to tell you something that'll really throw a kink in the wrench.

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Hold the Farm!

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

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That's a hard bubble to crack.

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Nothing out of the unusual

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He's between a rock and the deep blue sea.

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You're sailing close to thin ice.

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This so-called water feature will literally be a drain on the resources of the Royal Parks Agency for years to come.

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The bad penny ain’t pickin’ up no more rollin’ moss.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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It's time to swallow the bullet.

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A loose tongue spoils the broth.

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He’s going to look them over with a 10-foot pole.

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People were streaming out of town to escape the floods.

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Roy Keane didn’t go through the book with a fine toothbrush.

English football player & analyst
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Rattle some feathers.

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Where do you draw the line? … Everything has to have been drawn originally.

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He's been burning the midnight oil at both ends.

English sports commentator
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The world is your lobster.

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I'm no Monday morning shortstop.

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