Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 5)

Don't mind me, I'm just a mouse on the wall.

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We’ll cross that bear when we get to it.

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Make like a tree and head out.

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I didn't have two minutes to rub together.

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From now on, I’m watching everything you do with a fine-tuned comb.

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This is just a nightmare waiting to happen.

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Let's clear up a loose end.

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I wasn't living under my parents' house anymore.

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If you can't cut the cheese you're out of here!

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I would not trust him with a ten foot pole.

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I think the big guns will come to the boil.

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Loose lips sink like a rock.


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

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I’ll get it by hook or ladder.

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I look forward to the day when we can just talk about the ethics of angling without this red herring of whether they can feel pain.

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Get in the boat and swim or get out.

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Don't let the grass grow under a rolling stone.

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He swept the rug under the carpet.

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Don't bite the hand that lays the golden egg.

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It dawned across my head.

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It would bring the public school system crumbling to its knees.

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