Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 30)

It's as easy as falling off a piece of cake.

The ship of state has a difficult road ahead.

I would not trust him with a ten foot pole.

He reads like a fish.

Like a chicken with its hat off.

The bad penny ain’t pickin’ up no more rollin’ moss.

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

Streams of pilgrims, old and young… flood towards the river to worship.

Like the Good Book says, let him who is without sin… be the rollin’ stone.

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

It's like pulling hen's teeth.

Gorilla see, gorilla do.

Sayin’ grace – it’s just thankin’ Mother Nature, whose first name just happens to be Grace.

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

I don’t know whether to wind the watch or to bark at the moon.

Makes the hair stand up on the edge of my seat

You might think the Channel Islands are a backwater.

Up a tree without a paddle.

Never judge a book by its title.

We're robbing Peter to pay the piper.

He’s one brick short of the whole nine yards.

We are just scratching the tip of the iceberg.

You hit the nail right on the nose.

They’ve tasted the other side of the coin on so many occasions.

Irish football player & broadcaster