Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 4)

You can't pull the wool out from under my nose!

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From now on I'm watching your every move with a fine-toothed comb.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist
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… forced to wade through a mountain of red tape

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It's hard to catch lightning in a bottle twice.

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The deal fell through, so they're back to ground zero.

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That snake in the grass is barking up the wrong tree.

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People who wear glass slippers shouldn't kick stones.

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Sleeping dogs bark the loudest.

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He was going to line up his ducks in a basket.

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We'll be there until the fat lady freezes over.

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They can crumble as easily as ice cream in this heat.

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I don’t think we should jump at straws here.

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It looks like the cows have come home to roost.

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Time rolled up like a scroll, while the plague nibbled at the edges of their years.

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We certainly don't want to rock the apple cart.

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Seeing a buzzard catch a rare phalarope is in bird-watching terms, like killing two birds with one stone.

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You dug your bed, you lie in it.

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A salesman told viewers that a keyboard would teach your mind's eye to play by ear.

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

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

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A carpenter was the low rung on a totem pole.

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