Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 15)

Unless somebody can pull a miracle out of the fire, they are cruising into the semi-final.

Now you have hit it on the head with the nail.

I'm so busy, I don't know whether I'm coming or not.

Just then, the fickle finger of fate reared its ugly head.

If you spill the beans, then you'll open a can of worms.

Some people sail through life on a bed of roses like a knife slicing through butter.

I turned a blind eye to all that bad stuff I was hearing.

That was the nail that broke the coffin’s back.

college basketball coach

He wanted to get out from under his father's coat strings.

As much fun as shooting monkeys in a barrel.

Now that the ball is in our court, let's go for the touchdown.

Listen… do you smell something?

(1952 – ) Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter & singer

Loose lips sink like a rock.

Like the old adverb you can lead a gift horse to the water but ya can't look in his mouth.

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

I'm sweating like a bullet.

The menu was frozen in the amber of 1973.

They're a legend before their time.

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

Brilliant sunshine rained down on the city.

You can't pull the wool out from under my nose!

I think we got on like a house gathering no moss.