Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 6)

Surely we'll dig up the past, in order to bury the hatchet.

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One good egg in a barrel of rotten apples.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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You can't pull the wool out from under my nose!

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

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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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They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)
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I can read him like the back of my book.

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She's skating on thin water.

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Let's call the kettle what it is!

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He’s a man without an island.

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I'd like to be a fish on the wall at that meeting.

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You can put the cart before the horse, but you can't make him drink.

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It’s up to them, the tide is in their court now.

English former football player & manager
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The history of the aquatics center shows… that the games’ organizers seem to be willing to spend money like water.

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Rattle some feathers.

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You continue to cloudy the water.

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You buttered your bread; now you'll have to sleep in it.

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

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Someone's going to hang from the yardstick for this.

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Dirty laundry is coming home to roost.

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You painted us into a corner, then you threw away the key.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Mixed metaphors TV/Movie Quotes