Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 17)

That's the one that really swayed me over.

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We are tipping the iceberg.

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The menu was frozen in the amber of 1973.

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

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I'm bone empty.

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When you put your best foot forward, it rubs off on someone.

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Not without a grain of sugar

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You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it a duck.

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.. drawing the eye… like a magnet

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She grabbed the bull by the horns, and ran with it.

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She may want to tackle that battle.

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Spare the rod, spoil the broth.

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As long as that dog hunts, we’ll ride him,

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Up the creek in a boat with a hole.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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Button your seat belts.

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

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That’s a kettle of fish of a different color.

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If your cousin Maude says one wrong word to me, we’re gonna be leaving before the bride takes the shower.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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Running around like a chicken with its legs cut off

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Butcher goes forward as Ipswich throw their last trump card into the fire.

British commentator
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You might think the Channel Islands are a backwater.

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