Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 31)

Don’t cast swine before bears.

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Don't beat a dead horse in the mouth.

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Dirty laundry is coming home to roost.

Misspokements Mixed metaphors

He went down like a pack of cards.

English football player & commentator
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She's skating on thin water.

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If England had scored in the first half, I think the young legs would have found younger hearts inside them.

English football player & manager
Colemanballs Mixed metaphors

Obviously for Scunthorpe it would be a nice scalp to put Wimbledon on their bottoms.

English soccer player & manager
Colemanballs Mixed metaphors

The history of the aquatics center shows… that the games’ organizers seem to be willing to spend money like water.

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

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Take a flying hike.

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We need to look at it before the other eyes set foot on it.

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Like a chicken with its hat off.

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When life throws you curve balls, make lemonade.

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I'm sweating like a bullet.

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Right between the nose

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There wasn’t a dry tear in the place.

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We should get our foot in the door and get the ball rolling.

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We are treading on thin water.

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A man's home is his castle – let him clean it.

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Is this a whole nother bucket of worms?

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Till the cows freeze over.

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