Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 26)

I should move to the other side of the building, so I can see the sunset come up every morning.

He knew how to butter his nest.

I wouldn't trust him with my bargepole.

… her last day as an eagle… flying off to greener pastures…

You can’t go in there cold turkey with egg on your face.

It certainly wipes the floor with your usual commemorative tea towels.

As much fun as shooting monkeys in a barrel.

It's time to step up to the plate and cut the mustard.

I didn't have two minutes to rub together.

We want to brand the Renaissance name to the eyeballs in the chairs.

A leopard can't change his stripes.

Make like a tree and head out.

It's as American as killing two birds with one apple pie.

You can’t have your hill and die on it too.

The early worm is being picked first.

The menu was frozen in the amber of 1973.

Casual sex

It sent goosebumps up my spine.

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

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

I wouldn’t eat that with a ten-foot pole.

They try to balance a fine line.