Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 17)

Sayin’ grace – it’s just thankin’ Mother Nature, whose first name just happens to be Grace.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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I could see you itching at the bit.

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There's a silver lining in all that red ink.

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He's been burning the midnight oil at both ends.

English sports commentator
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As the smoke clears at the devastated detention centre, an investigation reveals how officials ignored the warnings that they were sitting on a powder keg.

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

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I'm shooting from the seat of my pants.

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They try to balance a fine line.

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It's like pulling hen's teeth.

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I dozed in and off.

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I look forward to the day when we can just talk about the ethics of angling without this red herring of whether they can feel pain.

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Samson, he takes the jawbone out of the grass and he kills the whole army of the Philippines.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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Now that the ball is in our court, let's go for the touchdown.

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Long road to hoe.

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I could hear the handwriting on the wall.

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You hit the nail right on the nose.

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Not the brightest bulb in the drawer.

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If worse comes to shove

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It was time to get my act in gear.

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If England had scored in the first half, I think the young legs would have found younger hearts inside them.

English football player & manager
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I think the big guns will come to the boil.

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