Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 15)

I will miss seeing him around the shoehorn.

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[a rock group’s] authenticity strikes a chord with fans.

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That tickled my fancy bone.

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I feel like a bridegroom waiting at the altar for a blind date.

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Raining like a sieve

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You have to take the bad with the worse.

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It's like pushing a rock upstream.

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They’re clearly up the creek without a leg to stand on

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Tackle that hurdle

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Beware my friend… you are skating on hot water.

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Biting the hand that rocks the cradle

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They need to wake up and smell the music.

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A loose tongue spoils the broth.

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He’s not the one with his ass in a noose.

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

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This snowball is coming down the mountain with a full head of steam.

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I don’t think they want to bite off that bullet.

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

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The menu was frozen in the amber of 1973.

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Nail our fingers to the mast

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It’s like pulling the teeth from a hen.

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