Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 30)

You can take that to the bank and smoke it.

I would not trust him with a ten foot pole.

He's not the brightest cookie in the lamp.

That was the straw that twisted the camel's neck.

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

He knew how to butter his nest.

You've opened this can of worms, now lie in it.

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

You were at your wit’s nerve.

Windy as a hornet

Hit the wall running…

Smoking like a sieve

You can't pull the wool out from under my nose!

Throw the spaghetti onto the ceiling to see what sticks.

We're cooking on all four cylinders.

We threw our dice into the ring and turned up trumps.

He’s still green behind the ears.

We raised it to new depths.

Sometimes you just have to let sleeping dogs fall where they may.

This is up my wheelhouse.

This will help us to know that we are covering all of the gamuts.