Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 18)

When you boil it down to its nuts and bolts

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… has eaten into the grocery chain’s luxury food side.

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I should move to the other side of the building, so I can see the sunset come up every morning.

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She wears her heart up her sleeve.

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He's between a rock and the deep blue sea.

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They burnt the midnight candle to resolve the issues.

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It's hard to catch lightning in a bottle twice.

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He's a pretty sharp cookie.

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He reads like a fish.

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Do you follow where I'm coming from?

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Signori has all the tricks up his book.

England football player
Colemanballs Mixed metaphors

Living from hand to mouth like the birds of the air

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I want to see you go to town like a house of fire.

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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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They need to wake up and smell the music.

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I left the door wide open, and you didn't take the bait.

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Make like a tree and head out.

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A rolling stone catches the worm.

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Sometimes you just have to let sleeping dogs fall where they may.

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Chicken guarding the hen house

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Beijing will collect and melt snow this winter in a bid to quench the water shortage that has plagued the Chinese capital for years.

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