Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 16)

You’ve really put your finger on the nail there.

I'd like to be a fish on the wall at that meeting.

They’ve taken the horns by the scruff of the neck.

English football player & analyst

I'd walk a mile in a camel's shoes to pass through the eye of a needle.

Fewer and fewer in between

It was time to get my act in gear.

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

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

That’ll separate the men from the goats.

That's a hard bubble to crack.

You have to shoot where the fish are barking.

They gave him a raw shake.

It'll be a cold day in January when that happens!

Not without a grain of sugar

You're pulling my leg over my eyes.

Time rolled up like a scroll, while the plague nibbled at the edges of their years.

It's like pulling hen's teeth.

When life throws you curve balls, make lemonade.

Ignorance is golden.

A man's home is his castle – let him clean it.

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

English football player & announcer

Long road to hoe.