Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 16)

Keep your nose up!

They’ve tasted the other side of the coin on so many occasions.

Irish football player & broadcaster

We'll be there until the fat lady freezes over.

They're a legend before their time.

A stitch in time saves a poke in the eye with a wet fish.

Like a chicken with its hat off.

We'll rewind the calendar.

People will blow smoke and mirrors at you.

Zipping one’s lips and throwing away the key

If you can't cut the cheese you're out of here!

He smokes like a fish.

Don't do the crime if you can't get out the kitchen.

Why spend astronomical amounts on so-called scientific research to go to another planet?

The early worm is being picked first.

It’s like pulling the teeth from a hen.

You've put your finger right on the nail.

If you try to eat this elephant all in one bite, you’re going to have a hell of an indigestion.

Off the cuff of my head.

Once the horse is out of the barn, you can't put him back again.

He’s like a duck out of water.

Don’t bite the hand that looks dirty.