Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 13)

The greatest thing since sliced beer.

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

England football player

I have been torn betwixt and between the devil and the deep blue sea.

I'd walk a mile in a camel's shoes to pass through the eye of a needle.

… forced to wade through a mountain of red tape

Liverpool have come out with all guns flying.

English football player

This is the problem we are wringing our hair over.

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

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

Don’t bite the hand that looks dirty.

Wood fires help fuel climate change.

I wouldn't trust him with my bargepole.

As the smoke clears at the devastated detention centre, an investigation reveals how officials ignored the warnings that they were sitting on a powder keg.

People were streaming out of town to escape the floods.

This is a race where you can turn a corner, and then there’ll be another team right there breathing down your throat.

Due process of elimination

Well, that's a feather in your pocket.

Dirty laundry is coming home to roost.

You've put your finger right on the nail.

You painted us into a corner, then you threw away the key.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Does the Pope shit in the woods?