Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 17)

Fiddling with his guitar

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

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Due process of elimination

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It's like locking the barn door after the nuts have bolted.

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You're pulling my leg over my eyes.

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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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We don't need to skirt around the bush.

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It's time to step up to the plate and cut the mustard.

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The early worm is being picked first.

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Where do you draw the line? … Everything has to have been drawn originally.

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I thought it might be a good idea for you to check base with him.

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There wasn’t a dry tear in the place.

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The rain was coming down in droves!

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I’m just talking out loud.

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We are just scratching the tip of the iceberg.

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You might think the Channel Islands are a backwater.

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You can put the cart before the horse, but you can't make him drink.

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The lining's always more silver on the other side of the cloud.

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He ran a cottage industry from his garden shed.

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She knocked the socks off the ball.

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Nail our fingers to the mast

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