Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 26)

As the smoke clears at the devastated detention centre, an investigation reveals how officials ignored the warnings that they were sitting on a powder keg.

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We’ll do this individually as a group.

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Where do you draw the line? … Everything has to have been drawn originally.

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I'm tired of being a pawn in your game of checkers!

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Now the shoe is on the other horse!

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It's so far removed, it goes right over our heads.

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I have been torn betwixt and between the devil and the deep blue sea.

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From now on I'm watching your every move with a fine-toothed comb.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist
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The sacred cows have come home to roost with a vengeance.

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I can't answer that – it's out of my water.

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She grabbed the bull by the tail and faced the problem squarely.

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Keep your ear to the grindstone.

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As we consider the road that unfolds before us.

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A heart as big as gold

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It slid away from his left boot which was poised with the trigger cocked.

British sports commentator
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You have to dance to a different drum.

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Which way are the tea leaves blowing?

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The future of the church depends on passing the torch to the next generation.

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We raised it to new depths.

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I thought it might be a good idea for you to check base with him.

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Looks like the cows have come home to roost.

(1926 – 2010) Canadian actor
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