Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 27)

We need to look at it before the other eyes set foot on it.

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The guy just couldn’t cut the custard.

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The light at the end of the tunnel is only muzzle flash.

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

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Now I'm going to tell you something that'll really throw a kink in the wrench.

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

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A sound mind and a sound body go hand in hand.

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You can lead a gift horse to water but you can't look him in the mouth.

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You don't have to beat it with a dead horse.

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He'll take your head off at the blink of a hat.

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I’ll push some strings for you.

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Get in the boat and swim or get out.

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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
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The police are not here to create disorder, they’re here to preserve disorder.

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I'm tired of walking on kid gloves.

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He was between a rock and the deep blue sea.

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Once you open a can of worms, they always come home to roost.

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He’s still green behind the ears.

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Up the creek in a boat with a hole.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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There's a silver lining in all that red ink.

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Isn't it nice to not have to look over our backs anymore?

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