Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 16)

Grasping at the straw that broke the camel's back

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She may want to tackle that battle.

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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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There's a pot of gold at the end of the tunnel.

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

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A loose tongue spoils the broth.

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You’re fighting upstream.

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Sleeping dogs bark the loudest.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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We're still getting our feet wet on getting rolling here.

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I'm not trying to poke holes at anybody.

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It's a walk in the cake.

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Seeing a buzzard catch a rare phalarope is in bird-watching terms, like killing two birds with one stone.

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He can squeeze money out of a turnip.

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My purses were selling like wild cakes.

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I can read him like the back of my book.

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That's the one that really swayed me over.

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I'm hungry enough to eat cats and dogs.

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Ignorance is golden.

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We'll mend that fence when we get to it.

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Government of the people, by the people, and for the pursuit of happiness.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Mixed metaphors TV/Movie Quotes

It used to be sheep [waking me in the morning] and that's bad enough, but cows are a whole different kettle of fish.

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