Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 17)

Now the shoe is on the other horse!

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Windy as a hornet

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I wasn't living under my parents' house anymore.

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The rain is coming down like gangbusters!

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I hate to put you through all this rigor mortis.

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We don't need to skirt around the bush.

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She grabbed the bull by the horns, and ran with it.

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You might think the Channel Islands are a backwater.

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I don't want that monkey around my neck.

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

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A salesman told viewers that a keyboard would teach your mind's eye to play by ear.

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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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A stitch in time saves a poke in the eye with a wet fish.

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

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist
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I'm not trying to poke holes at anybody.

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Get two birds stoned at once.

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He's like a cat out of water

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You can’t go in there cold turkey with egg on your face.

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I'm sweating like a stuck pig.

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The ship of state has a difficult road ahead.

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Take the ball by the horns and run with it.

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