Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 10)

From now on I'm watching your every move with a fine-toothed comb.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist

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

The head of the body overseeing youth justice…

No, I think that was when Abraham Lincoln signed the Declaration of Independence; ya know, fourscore and seven years ago.

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

It's hard to catch lightning in a bottle twice.

If everything is good in the henhouse, you see don’t have to go out for eggs.

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

Nail our fingers to the mast

These managers all know their onions and cut their cloth accordingly.

English football player & announcer

Up the creek in a boat with a hole.

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

Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's too late to close the barn door.

We'll drive off of that bridge when we get to it.

We certainly don't want to rock the apple cart.

You've opened this can of worms, now lie in it.

It's as plain as the egg on your face.

Talking to you is like casting pearls into wine.

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

Haven't we beat that with a dead stick?

Silence is bliss.

He clams up tighter than a drum.

A loose tongue spoils the broth.

Marching to the beat of a dead horse

Look what the cat dragged out of the bag.