Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 24)

A stitch in time is worth a pound of cure.

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We'll drive off of that bridge when we get to it.

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It’s up to them, the tide is in their court now.

English former football player & manager
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A salesman told viewers that a keyboard would teach your mind's eye to play by ear.

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

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Manchester United are looking to Frank Stapleton to pull some magic out of the fire.

professional football player, coach & executive
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Looks like the cows have come home to roost.

(1926 – 2010) Canadian actor
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Don't mind me, I'm just a mouse on the wall.

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You have to take the bad with the worse.

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I could hear the handwriting on the wall.

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The early bird gathers no moss.

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Every dog has his day in the bucket.

(1898 – 1993) American homemaker
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Loose lips sink like a rock.


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He was going to line up his ducks in a basket.

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It was so cold last night I had to throw another blanket on the fire.

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Sayin’ grace – it’s just thankin’ Mother Nature, whose first name just happens to be Grace.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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That's the whole kettle of fish in a nutshell.

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That’ll separate the girls from the sheep.

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He reads like a fish.

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The team must try to get their ship back on the road.

England football player
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That'll stick out like a red herring.

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