Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 11)

Keep your ear to the grindstone.

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We had some hiccups in the road.

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Now that the ball is in our court, let's go for the touchdown.

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Loose lips sink like a rock.

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Well, that's a feather in your pocket.

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We just keep getting the tail end of the stick.

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One hundred degrees better

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There's light at the end of this rainbow.

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

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That will round out the triangle.

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You need more sugar to get your brain circulating.

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Why spend astronomical amounts on so-called scientific research to go to another planet?

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Even in a sewer, the cream rises to the top.

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I guess I threw a cog in the wrench.

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You can beat a dead horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

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We all have our own legs to pull.

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That's the pot calling the kettle's bluff.

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Samson, he takes the jawbone out of the grass and he kills the whole army of the Philippines.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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Don't put all your chickens in one basket.

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He's cooking his goose deeper and deeper.

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Remember, Rome wasn’t burned an a day.

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