Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 20)

That's the one that really swayed me over.

They gave him a raw shake.

Idle hands are the mother of invention.

We better not, ya know, kill our chickens before they cross the road.

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

They’ve taken the horns by the scruff of the neck.

English football player & analyst

We could stand here and talk until the cows turn blue.

Our methodology isn't cast in stone.

Don't count all your eggs in one basket.

The beer flowed like wine.

Well, that’s water under the dam.

I’ll push some strings for you.

Keep your nose up!

To the max degree

Haven't we beat that with a dead stick?

Kill two birds with one egg

I wasn't living under my parents' house anymore.

Hell hath no fury like a wet cat.

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

I wouldn’t eat that with a ten-foot pole.

Looks like the cows have come home to roost.

(1926 – 2010) Canadian actor

Let's not put all of our cookies in a basket.