Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 23)

We have taken care of all of the silver bullets.

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Obviously for Scunthorpe it would be a nice scalp to put Wimbledon on their bottoms.

English soccer player & manager
Colemanballs Mixed metaphors

That's the pot calling the kettle's bluff.

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That's the whole kettle of fish in a nutshell.

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It's like locking the barn door after the nuts have bolted.

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I wasn't living under my parents' house anymore.

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

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He reads like a fish.

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You painted us into a corner, then you threw away the key.

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

We’re on the same page length.

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He shot out of here like a bat out of a belfry.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Mixed metaphors Situations

A carpenter was the low rung on a totem pole.

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I would not trust him with a ten foot pole.

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When you boil it down to its nuts and bolts

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We threw our dice into the ring and turned up trumps.

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If worse comes to shove

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You can lead a gift horse to water but you can't look him in the mouth.

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An apple a day doesn’t from the tree.

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I’m just talking out loud.

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We need to have photographic ears.

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It’s time to step up to the plate and lay your cards on the table.

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