Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 31)

You’re fighting upstream.

They paired off, one by one.

You could take that guy with a grain a salt.

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

(1951 – ) American conservative radio talk-show host

A heart as big as gold

In the words of Harry S. Truman: If it's too hot in the kitchen, stay away from the cook.

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

I left the door wide open, and you didn't take the bait.

Idle hands are the mother of invention.

Dig a hole in the ground and throw away the key.

(1971 – ) American actress

Get the kinks rolling

Don’t eat with your mouth full!

It's like pulling hen's teeth.

There's been a lot of spilt milk under the bridge.

What goes around, stays in Vegas.

They try to balance a fine line.

She wears her heart up her sleeve.

A stitch in time is worth a pound of cure.

It's all Greek to a blind horse.

He's cooking his goose deeper and deeper.

Never lick a gift horse in the mouth.

What you need is somebody new… there's more than one fish in the woodpile.

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