Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 14)

Don’t cast swine before bears.

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The deputy was willing to cut him a break.

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… has eaten into the grocery chain’s luxury food side.

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I didn't have two minutes to rub together.

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Surely we'll dig up the past, in order to bury the hatchet.

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Looks like the cows have come home to roost.

(1926 – 2010) Canadian actor
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.. drawing the eye… like a magnet

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The police are not here to create disorder, they’re here to preserve disorder.

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Run it up the flag pole and see what sticks.

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A heart as big as gold

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We had some hiccups in the road.

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It’s up to them, the tide is in their court now.

English former football player & manager
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It’s like looking for a needle in a hayride.

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He'll take your head off at the blink of a hat.

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It's time to grab the bull by the tail and look it in the eye.

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People were streaming out of town to escape the floods.

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If everything is good in the henhouse, you see don’t have to go out for eggs.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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She’s come out of this one looking like a rose.

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He'll argue until the cat turns blue.

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With Lenny in, Carl will fold like a domino!

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We are proud to be part of a ground-breaking initiative.

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