Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 9)

We have to get all our ducks on the same page.

Money roots out all evil.

It's like locking the barn door after the nuts have bolted.

Our fans have been branded with the same brush.

English former football player & manager

We have taken care of all of the silver bullets.

Rattle some feathers.

Talking to you is like casting pearls into wine.

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

He really grates me up the wrong way.

Ignorance is golden.

Loose lips sink like a rock.


One good egg in a barrel of rotten apples.

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

Don't beat a dead horse in the mouth.

Better not open that Panacea's box.

She’s not the brightest bulb in the drawer.

Kill two cats with one bag.

People were streaming out of town to escape the floods.

While we are ingesting the author's valuable insights, we may also be swallowing his blind spots.

It’s time to step up to the plate and lay your cards on the table.

Even in a sewer, the cream rises to the top.

I dozed in and off.

Not without a grain of sugar