Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 16)

Obviously for Scunthorpe it would be a nice scalp to put Wimbledon on their bottoms.

English soccer player & manager

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

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

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

That will round out the triangle.

You can’t have your hill and die on it too.

Ignorance is golden.

He ran a cottage industry from his garden shed.

Well, that's a feather in your pocket.

They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)

You must have ears like an eagle.

It’s like watching wallpaper dry.

One of the things you have to say for him: he doesn't mince his punches.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist

I was the mother hen to all these little ducks.

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

You'll get into hot water skating on thin ice!

Nail our fingers to the mast

Don't mind me, I'm just a mouse on the wall.

My mind is an open slate.

A journey of a thousand miles keeps the doctor away.

Her parents got married out of wedlock.

She grabbed the bull by the tail and faced the problem squarely.