Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 7)

Life is a box of cherries.

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They're in the trenches; they're on the horse and they're riding it.

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It's time to swallow the bullet.

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She’s come out of this one looking like a rose.

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It's as easy as falling off a piece of cake.

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Till the cows freeze over.

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I’m between a rock and the frying pan.

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… if the child was misbehaving, that's one thing, but if her parents were encouraging her, that's a whole new ballpark…

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I'm no Monday morning shortstop.

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I left the door wide open, and you didn't take the bait.

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I can't answer that – it's out of my water.

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This thing is snowballing like a house afire!

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She flew off the deep end.

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It's like pulling hen's teeth.

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Let's clear up a loose end.

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The whole can of wax

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Zipping one’s lips and throwing away the key

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Grasping at the straw that broke the camel's back

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Button your seat belts.

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People are dying like hotcakes.

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Beijing will collect and melt snow this winter in a bid to quench the water shortage that has plagued the Chinese capital for years.

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