Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 18)

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

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You must have ears like an eagle.

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I don’t think they want to bite off that bullet.

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What a dirty trap!

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It sent goosebumps up my spine.

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That’ll separate the girls from the sheep.

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I feel like a bridegroom waiting at the altar for a blind date.

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It slid away from his left boot which was poised with the trigger cocked.

British sports commentator
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We certainly don't want to rock the apple cart.

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People are dying like hotcakes.

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Can’t you read the handwriting in the wind?

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I could hear the handwriting on the wall.

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The dice are stacked against them.

Irish football player & manager
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A man's home is his castle – let him clean it.

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I don’t know whether to wind the watch or to bark at the moon.

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I feel the comparison paints the city in a bad light.

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A rolling stone is worth two in the bush.

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The fan is gonna hit the roof.

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

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Signori has all the tricks up his book.

England football player
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There's a silver lining in all that red ink.

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