Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 25)

They don't know yet whether that played a factor in the accident.

That was the last hump on the camel.

Like the old adverb you can lead a gift horse to the water but ya can't look in his mouth.

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

In the words of Harry S. Truman: If it's too hot in the kitchen, stay away from the cook.

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

It's so far removed, it goes right over our heads.

These two guys are cut out of the same mold.

Throw the spaghetti onto the ceiling to see what sticks.

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

Shivers of joy running up and down my throat

We're robbing Peter to pay the piper.

We're cooking on all four cylinders.

I’ll get it by hook or ladder.

I knew enough to realize that the alligators were in the swamp and that it was time to circle the wagons.

(1951 – ) American conservative radio talk-show host

There's a pot of gold at the end of the tunnel.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of justice for all

The writing is on the wall for bookshops.

He’s a man without an island.

I’m gonna dig in my feet on this one.

This snowball is coming down the mountain with a full head of steam.

Theres no grass burning under this project.

… quicker than any other slowdowns