Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 24)

We're still getting our feet wet on getting rolling here.

We are tipping the iceberg.

The rain is coming down like gangbusters!

It's six, or one and a half dozen of the other.

Chicken guarding the hen house

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

Signori has all the tricks up his book.

England football player

That was the last hump on the camel.

That snake in the grass is barking up the wrong tree.

I guess the foot’s on the other hand now!

It's gonna snowball through the whole fireworks.

Isn't it nice to not have to look over our backs anymore?

This is no time to pull the rug out in the middle of the stream.

(1921 – 1991) U.S. Representative (Massachusetts)

You can take that to the bank and smoke it.

I look forward to the day when we can just talk about the ethics of angling without this red herring of whether they can feel pain.

If you let the cat out of the bag, how can you let sleeping dogs lie?

Long road to hoe.

He's really low dog on the totem pole.

If you spill the beans, then you'll open a can of worms.

I don’t think we should jump at straws here.

Get two birds stoned at once.