Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 31)

He was between a rock and the deep blue sea.

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I have been torn betwixt and between the devil and the deep blue sea.

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That will round out the triangle.

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I'd walk a mile in a camel's shoes to pass through the eye of a needle.

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She’s come out of this one looking like a rose.

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I'm not trying to poke holes at anybody.

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Raining like a sieve

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The president will put the ship of state on its feet.

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

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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
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It's like locking the barn door after the nuts have bolted.

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The beer flowed like wine.

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It looks like a classic case of a bandwagon effect snowballing out of control.

British spokesman
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Not without a grain of sugar

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Don't do the crime if you can't get out the kitchen.

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We'll drive off of that bridge when we get to it.

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Out of the frying pan, into a handbasket.

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I should move to the other side of the building, so I can see the sunset come up every morning.

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I wouldn't trust him with my bargepole.

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She was drop down gorgeous.

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That's a huge weight lifted off my head.

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