Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 6)

I guess I threw a cog in the wrench.

Chicken guarding the hen house

One good egg in a barrel of rotten apples.

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

People tell me one thing one day and out the other.

He swept the rug under the carpet.

This thing is snowballing like a house afire!

The writing is on the wall for bookshops.

I've got an ace up my nose.

You have to walk before you can swim.

Is a bear Catholic?

(1971 – ) American actress

It's as American as killing two birds with one apple pie.

Raining like a sieve

He's not the brightest cookie in the lamp.

Beyond the question of a doubt

He clams up tighter than a drum.

I have a lot of black sheep in my closet.

Keep your ear to the grapevine.

The [outdoor] sculpture park has opened its doors for the summer.

We’re not afraid of challenges. It’s like we always say: if you want to go out in the rain, be prepared to get burned.

Don't put all your chickens in one basket.

The early bird gathers no moss.