Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 12)

We're cooking on all four cylinders.

It looks like a classic case of a bandwagon effect snowballing out of control.

British spokesman

I left the door wide open, and you didn't take the bait.

Walking with your head between your legs.

As much fun as shooting monkeys in a barrel.

I’m just talking out loud.

I’m so hungry I could beat a dead horse.

They’ve tasted the other side of the coin on so many occasions.

Irish football player & broadcaster

He's really low dog on the totem pole.

You have to take the bad with the worse.

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

He was going to line up his ducks in a basket.

I don't want to hold an open manhole over your head.

You dug your bed, you lie in it.

The monkey is in your court.

We'll drive off of that bridge when we get to it.

Tackle that hurdle

He's trying to gain a foothold in the public eye.

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

That's using your head for something besides a footstool.

.. drawing the eye… like a magnet