Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 18)

Once again, the Achilles' heel has reared its ugly head.

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It could turn on a dime like a stallion.

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He'll take your head off at the blink of a hat.

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We’ll tackle that bridge when we come to it.

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We are rolling out fresh fruit in primary schools.

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Walking with your head between your legs.

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I can read him like an open can of worms.

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Looks like the cows have come home to roost.

(1926 – 2010) Canadian actor
Mixed metaphors TV/Movie Quotes

Now you have hit it on the head with the nail.

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…a seething volcano, nine tenths submerged in the melting pot which one day will explode beneath our feet like a boomerang to engulf us all in a whirlwind of dragon's teeth. It will be too late to close the stable-door.

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It's like pulling hen's teeth.

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I ate enough to float a battleship!

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I’d like to be sitting in his shoes.

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That's the one that really swayed me over.

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They're in the trenches; they're on the horse and they're riding it.

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She really stuck her neck out on a limb.

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You're like a dog barking down the wrong well.

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These managers all know their onions and cut their cloth accordingly.

English football player & announcer
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We can still hang our heads high.

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They cut into a water main, and it was gushing like a mountain.

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You’ve buttered your bread, now lie in it.

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