Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 12)

Hell hath no fury like a wet cat.

We could be putting the hammer in Luton's coffin.

England football player

The dice are stacked against them.

Irish football player & manager

Don't put all your chickens in one basket.

That's putting the chicken before the cart.

I’m getting up on my feedbox here.

We all have our own legs to pull.

It’s like pulling the teeth from a hen.

Did you hear what they feel?

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

Raining like a sieve

I could beat him with my eyes tied behind my back.

I wouldn’t be caught dead there with a ten-foot pole.

Looks like the cows have come home to roost.

(1926 – 2010) Canadian actor

I don’t think we should jump at straws here.

I dozed in and off.

Adam wasn’t always the brightest tool.

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

If they do that, they might as well take the open door policy and throw it right out the window!

Don't look a gift horse in the eye.

Manchester United are looking to Frank Stapleton to pull some magic out of the fire.

professional football player, coach & executive