Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 26)

It’s time to step up to the plate and lay your cards on the table.

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Kicking off the hockey season

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We’ll cross that bear when we get to it.

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Don't beat a dead horse in the mouth.

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The rain is coming down like gangbusters!

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

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Once you open a can of worms, they always come home to roost.

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We will burn that horse when we get there.

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We'll mend that fence when we get to it.

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When sleeping dogs fly.

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These managers all know their onions and cut their cloth accordingly.

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She wears her heart up her sleeve.

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Once again, the Achilles' heel has reared its ugly head.

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I'm sweating like a bullet.

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They'll never buy the cow if they can get the eggs for free.

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That's a hard bubble to crack.

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Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's too late to close the barn door.

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We are tipping the iceberg.

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We need to get a vacuum cleaner and hose him down.

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The notion that space was empty, there was no stuff there, was something the mind finds it very difficult to get its head round, she said.

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I feel the comparison paints the city in a bad light.

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