Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 2)

It's like pulling hen's teeth.

Her parents got married out of wedlock.

I wouldn’t eat that with a ten-foot pole.

Married at the hip

The bad penny ain’t pickin’ up no more rollin’ moss.

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

When sleeping dogs fly.

You need more sugar to get your brain circulating.

I'm sweating like a bullet.

I’m between a rock and the frying pan.

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

English football player & announcer

The beer flowed like wine.

This so-called water feature will literally be a drain on the resources of the Royal Parks Agency for years to come.

It’s like pulling the teeth from a hen.

Button your seat belts.

I don't want that monkey around my neck.

This is the problem we are wringing our hair over.

Players' names should be entered in numeric order.

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)

It's like a wizard in sheep's clothing.

We are treading on thin water.

In the words of Harry S. Truman: If it's too hot in the kitchen, stay away from the cook.

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