Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 24)

I shot the wind out of his saddle.

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He wanted to get out from under his father's coat strings.

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Surely we'll dig up the past, in order to bury the hatchet.

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We have taken care of all of the silver bullets.

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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)
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Makes the hair stand up on the edge of my seat

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We better not, ya know, kill our chickens before they cross the road.

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

Let's bury this dead horse.

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I think the big guns will come to the boil.

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Run your kite up the flagpole

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Some people sail through life on a bed of roses like a knife slicing through butter.

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You can dish it out, but you can't take it with you.

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Surfing the Infobahn [information superhighway]

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You'll get into hot water skating on thin ice!

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Hell hath no fury like a wet cat.

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He who hesitates hasn't leapt first.

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99 times out of ten, that's what you'll get.

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He’s still green behind the ears.

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There's been a lot of spilt milk under the bridge.

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Don't look a gift horse in the eye.

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I could see you itching at the bit.

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