Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 27)

It's as American as killing two birds with one apple pie.

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The [outdoor] sculpture park has opened its doors for the summer.

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Too many skeletons in her background

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I'm sweating like a bullet.

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He wanted to get out from under his father's coat strings.

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While we are ingesting the author's valuable insights, we may also be swallowing his blind spots.

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War is hell on wheels.

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Samson, he takes the jawbone out of the grass and he kills the whole army of the Philippines.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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We could be putting the hammer in Luton's coffin.

England football player
Colemanballs Mixed metaphors

You must have ears like an eagle.

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She knocked the socks off the ball.

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You dug your bed, you lie in it.

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We could stand here and talk until the cows turn blue.

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I look forward to the day when we can just talk about the ethics of angling without this red herring of whether they can feel pain.

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I've got an ace up my nose.

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… has eaten into the grocery chain’s luxury food side.

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Surfing the Infobahn [information superhighway]

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Don't count your chickens until you see the whites of their eyes.

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There wasn’t a dry tear in the place.

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Zipping one’s lips and throwing away the key

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Step up to the plate and pick up the gauntlet.

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