Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 15)

Absence makes a long story short.

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I knew enough to realize that the alligators were in the swamp and that it was time to circle the wagons.

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Ignorance is golden.

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A stitch in time saves a poke in the eye with a wet fish.

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You're sailing close to thin ice.

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Things are different when you have fifteen people on your plate.

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Life is a box of cherries.

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

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We’re not afraid of challenges. It’s like we always say: if you want to go out in the rain, be prepared to get burned.

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If he were alive today, he’d be turning over in his grave.

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These managers all know their onions and cut their cloth accordingly.

English football player & announcer
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It looks like a classic case of a bandwagon effect snowballing out of control.

British spokesman
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The history of the aquatics center shows… that the games’ organizers seem to be willing to spend money like water.

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Right between the nose

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I’ll push some strings for you.

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Silence is bliss.

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That's a hard bubble to crack.

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The deal fell through, so they're back to ground zero.

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Why spend astronomical amounts on so-called scientific research to go to another planet?

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Our fans have been branded with the same brush.

English former football player & manager
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We need to have photographic ears.

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