Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 12)

I would not trust him with a ten foot pole.

We certainly don't want to rock the apple cart.

Let's call the kettle what it is!

The deal fell through, so they're back to ground zero.

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

He’s one brick short of the whole nine yards.

I think we got on like a house gathering no moss.

I wanted to come out of the chute on the right foot.

We’ll tackle that bridge when we come to it.

He wanted to get out from under his father's coat strings.

My mind is an open slate.

Don't do the crime if you can't get out the kitchen.

We all act as one heartbeat.

Biting the hand that rocks the cradle

Remember, Rome wasn’t burned an a day.

You can't pull the wool out from under my nose!

We threw our dice into the ring and turned up trumps.

Hit the wall running…

People were streaming out of town to escape the floods.

I thought it might be a good idea for you to check base with him.

I was the mother hen to all these little ducks.