Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 6)

Nothing out of the unusual

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

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I'm bone empty.

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Out of the frying pan, into a handbasket.

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He's between a rock and the deep blue sea.

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Talking to you is like casting pearls into wine.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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Every silver lining has a cloud around it.

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She's skating on thin water.

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You could take that guy with a grain a salt.

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We'll mend that fence when we get to it.

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A sound mind and a sound body go hand in hand.

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It’s time to grab the bull by the tail and look him in the eye.

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We all act as one heartbeat.

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

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Gorilla see, gorilla do.

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Married at the hip

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I ate enough to float a battleship!

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He shot out of here like a bat out of a belfry.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
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I wouldn’t be caught dead there with a ten-foot pole.

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Sleeping dogs bark the loudest.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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Do you follow where I'm coming from?

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