Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 24)

The bottom line boils down to…

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Let’s start at square zero.

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Never put all your eggs in one omelet.

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Roy Keane didn’t go through the book with a fine toothbrush.

English football player & analyst
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We need to look the 800-pound gorilla in the mouth

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Chicken guarding the hen house

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I left the door wide open, and you didn't take the bait.

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Government of the people, by the people, and for the pursuit of happiness.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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If they do that, they might as well take the open door policy and throw it right out the window!

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You can dish it out, but you can't take it with you.

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We could be putting the hammer in Luton's coffin.

England football player
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You hit the nail right on the nose.

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It ain't a pretty sight for the ears.

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It’s like pulling the teeth from a hen.

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She flew off the deep end.

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People who wear glass slippers shouldn't kick stones.

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Let’s split the baby with the bathwater.

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Our fans have been branded with the same brush.

English former football player & manager
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Gorilla see, gorilla do.

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The bad penny ain’t pickin’ up no more rollin’ moss.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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She's skating on thin water.

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