Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 17)

Don't count your chickens until you see the whites of their eyes.

It’s like looking for a needle in a hayride.

We raised it to new depths.

It ain't rocket surgery.

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

That's the nail that broke the coffin's back.

She knocked the socks off the ball.

You can lead a gift horse to water but you can't look him in the mouth.

We're cooking on all four cylinders.

Right, and the check is in my mouth.

(1971 – ) American actress

We want to brand the Renaissance name to the eyeballs in the chairs.

I'm a nervous basket.

You can't pull the wool out from under my nose!

I’ll push some strings for you.

A heart as big as gold

When sleeping dogs fly.

Her parents got married out of wedlock.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of justice for all

The bottom line boils down to…

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

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

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