Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 21)

The [outdoor] sculpture park has opened its doors for the summer.

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I make it my goal to shake every hand that walks in the door.

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As the smoke clears at the devastated detention centre, an investigation reveals how officials ignored the warnings that they were sitting on a powder keg.

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We don't need to skirt around the bush.

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I will miss seeing him around the shoehorn.

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Those two get on like a horse on fire.

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Too long they’ve been gettin’ the short end of the totem pole.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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One of the things you have to say for him: he doesn't mince his punches.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist
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We want to brand the Renaissance name to the eyeballs in the chairs.

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No, I think that was when Abraham Lincoln signed the Declaration of Independence; ya know, fourscore and seven years ago.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Mixed metaphors TV/Movie Quotes

Makes the hair stand up on the edge of my seat

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If he were alive today, he’d be turning over in his grave.

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When you put your best foot forward, it rubs off on someone.

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That was the last hump on the camel.

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That will open up a whole new can of issues.

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Well, thats as clear as a bull in a china shop.

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You’ve really put your finger on the nail there.

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Shivers of joy running up and down my throat

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Let's clear up a loose end.

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The promise of the world’s first low-carbon Olympic flame has gone up in smoke.

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Which way are the tea leaves blowing?

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