Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 14)

Up a tree without a paddle

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

The horses of Australia’s snowy mountains once served to harness the identity of a nation emerging from colonial rule.

War is hell on wheels.

Keep your ear to the grapevine.

I'm so busy, I don't know whether I'm coming or not.

The dice are stacked against them.

Irish football player & manager

Zipping one’s lips and throwing away the key

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of justice for all

Some people sail through life on a bed of roses like a knife slicing through butter.

… forced to wade through a mountain of red tape

The [outdoor] sculpture park has opened its doors for the summer.

I'm sweating like a bullet.

You've opened this can of worms, now lie in it.

It's like ice cold electricity passing through your body.

Like the Good Book says, let him who is without sin… be the rollin’ stone.

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

They need to wake up and smell the music.

Sayin’ grace – it’s just thankin’ Mother Nature, whose first name just happens to be Grace.

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

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

It's a walk in the cake.

Brilliant sunshine rained down on the city.