Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 26)

You could have knocked me over with a fender.

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Our methodology isn't cast in stone.

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This is the problem we are wringing our hair over.

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Don't put all your chickens in one basket.

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He's between a rock and the deep blue sea.

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Look what the cat dragged out of the bag.

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I don't want to hold an open manhole over your head.

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

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Idle hands are the mother of invention.

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A bird in the hand is mightier than the sword.

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We should continue to ride the horse that brings in the gravy.

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This is an awfully big elephant to eat.

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Seeing a buzzard catch a rare phalarope is in bird-watching terms, like killing two birds with one stone.

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Once again, the Achilles' heel has reared its ugly head.

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I guess I threw a cog in the wrench.

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Zipping one’s lips and throwing away the key

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Out of the frying pan, into a handbasket.

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Talking to you is like casting pearls into wine.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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Marching to the beat of a dead horse

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

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Sleeping dogs bark the loudest.

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