Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 29)

.. drawing the eye… like a magnet

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Samson, he takes the jawbone out of the grass and he kills the whole army of the Philippines.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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The gelling period has just started to knit.

England football player
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The greatest thing since sliced beer.

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Take the ball by the horns and run with it.

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

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You have to shoot where the fish are barking.

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I dozed in and off.

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While we are ingesting the author's valuable insights, we may also be swallowing his blind spots.

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It sticks out like a sore throat.

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It was so cold last night I had to throw another blanket on the fire.

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A stitch in time saves a poke in the eye with a wet fish.

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Living from hand to mouth like the birds of the air

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Right between the nose

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… has eaten into the grocery chain’s luxury food side.

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Throw the spaghetti onto the ceiling to see what sticks.

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You hit the nail right on the nose.

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We all act as one heartbeat.

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Let dead dogs sleep.

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We'll drive off of that bridge when we get to it.

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

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