Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 18)

It's so far removed, it goes right over our heads.

I’m so hungry I could beat a dead horse.

That snake in the grass is barking up the wrong tree.

It's gonna snowball through the whole fireworks.

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

What you need is somebody new… there's more than one fish in the woodpile.

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

A stitch in time is worth a pound of cure.

You can beat a dead horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

I'm bone empty.

Up the creek in a boat with a hole.

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

He who hesitates hasn't leapt first.

A duck on a hot tin roof.

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

Now that the ball is in our court, let's go for the touchdown.

An apple a day doesn’t from the tree.

Those two get on like a horse on fire.

Run it up the flag pole and see what sticks.

You're pulling my leg over my eyes.

Isn't it nice to not have to look over our backs anymore?

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

This thing is snowballing like a house afire!