Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 6)

I can see the light at the end of the rainbow.

He's not the brightest cookie in the lamp.

The bad penny ain’t pickin’ up no more rollin’ moss.

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

He’s not the sharpest marble in the drawer.

Not without a grain of sugar

Butcher goes forward as Ipswich throw their last trump card into the fire.

British commentator

They’ve taken the horns by the scruff of the neck.

English football player & analyst

Off the cuff of my head.

We are rolling out fresh fruit in primary schools.

Make like a tree and head out.

Look what the cat dragged out of the bag.

We’re on the same page length.

That was the nail that broke the coffin’s back.

college basketball coach

I'm so busy, I don't know whether I'm coming or not.

I’m gonna dig in my feet on this one.

Living from hand to mouth like the birds of the air

He came out of it smelling like a bandit.

We should get our foot in the door and get the ball rolling.

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

That's a hard bubble to crack.

The beer flowed like wine.