Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 11)

… if the child was misbehaving, that's one thing, but if her parents were encouraging her, that's a whole new ballpark…

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That's grabbing the bull by the horns of a dilemma.

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Someone's going to hang from the yardstick for this.

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Once the horse is out of the barn, you can't put him back again.

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It's time to step up to the plate and cut the mustard.

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… quicker than any other slowdowns

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If you let the cat out of the bag, how can you let sleeping dogs lie?

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You were at your wit’s nerve.

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The early bird gathers no moss.

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A waist is a terrible thing to mind.

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You dug your bed, you lie in it.

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The team must try to get their ship back on the road.

England football player
Colemanballs Mixed metaphors

That tickled my fancy bone.

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If everything is good in the henhouse, you see don’t have to go out for eggs.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Mixed metaphors TV/Movie Quotes

The beer flowed like wine.

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A stitch in time saves a poke in the eye with a wet fish.

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Married at the hip

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The discovery of the preserved bodies “breathed new life into” Arctic exploration.

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Surely we'll dig up the past, in order to bury the hatchet.

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Don't burn your bridges till you come to them.

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Running around like a chicken with its legs cut off

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