Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 31)

It's like pulling hen's teeth.

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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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That's grabbing the bull by the horns of a dilemma.

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You’ve buttered your bread, now lie in it.

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Walking with your head between your legs.

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Silence is bliss.

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My purses were selling like wild cakes.

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You got easy regress to safety.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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A journey of a thousand miles keeps the doctor away.

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They are crumbling at the seams.

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Remember, Rome wasn’t burned an a day.

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I'm hungry enough to eat cats and dogs.

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I think we got on like a house gathering no moss.

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The story of Noah and the whale.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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Run it up the flag pole and see what sticks.

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People are dying like hotcakes.

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I knew enough to realize that the alligators were in the swamp and that it was time to circle the wagons.

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Fiddling with his guitar

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Rattle some feathers.

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Due process of elimination

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Players' names should be entered in numeric order.

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