Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 25)

The discovery of the preserved bodies “breathed new life into” Arctic exploration.

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Never lick a gift horse in the mouth.

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Tackle that hurdle

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He’s like a duck out of water.

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He’s going to look them over with a 10-foot pole.

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

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I dozed in and off.

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Roy Keane didn’t go through the book with a fine toothbrush.

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I turned a blind eye to all that bad stuff I was hearing.

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He is not the sharpest cookie in the jar.

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Heart diseases are yet another health care headache.

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I’m between a rock and the frying pan.

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Like a chicken with its hat off.

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Don't count all your eggs in one basket.

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Someone's going to hang from the yardstick for this.

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I’m gonna dig in my feet on this one.

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

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Delivering her baby at home is the birthright of every woman.

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It ain't rocket surgery.

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Let's not put all of our cookies in a basket.

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I'm bone empty.

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