Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 15)

Haven't we beat that with a dead stick?

This is the piece of the puzzle that allows you to paint in the rest of the pie.

The beer flowed like wine.

I make it my goal to shake every hand that walks in the door.

I could see you itching at the bit.

There's been a lot of spilt milk under the bridge.

That's a hard bubble to crack.

You could take that guy with a grain a salt.

You could have knocked me over with a fender.

He was going to line up his ducks in a basket.

Windy as a hornet

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

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of justice for all

She wears her heart up her sleeve.

The intention is to get a jumpstart on it.

These two guys are cut out of the same mold.

You can dish it out, but you can't take it with you.

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

I'm a nervous basket.

That will open up a whole new can of issues.

He's like a cat out of water