Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 26)

Ignorance is golden.

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She knocked the socks off the ball.

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You’re fighting upstream.

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That was the last hump on the camel.

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[a rock group’s] authenticity strikes a chord with fans.

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If everything is good in the henhouse, you see don’t have to go out for eggs.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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Taking the bull with both feet

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We'll be there until the fat lady freezes over.

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He ran a cottage industry from his garden shed.

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When sleeping dogs fly.

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I'd walk a mile in a camel's shoes to pass through the eye of a needle.

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Some people sail through life on a bed of roses like a knife slicing through butter.

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We certainly don't want to rock the apple cart.

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We'll rewind the calendar.

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That's the pot calling the kettle's bluff.

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No, I think that was when Abraham Lincoln signed the Declaration of Independence; ya know, fourscore and seven years ago.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Mixed metaphors TV/Movie Quotes

That's putting the chicken before the cart.

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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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The intention is to get a jumpstart on it.

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I've been up and down like a light switch.

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He's not the brightest cookie in the lamp.

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