Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 29)

Lets see who takes the bite on that.

Hell hath no fury like a wet cat.

He went down like a pack of cards.

English football player & commentator

You have to walk before you can swim.

He's like a cat out of water

He’s not the sharpest marble in the drawer.

The gelling period has just started to knit.

England football player

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it a duck.

You’ve really put your finger on the nail there.

No skin off my teeth.

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

It sent goosebumps up my spine.

As the smoke clears at the devastated detention centre, an investigation reveals how officials ignored the warnings that they were sitting on a powder keg.

One good egg in a barrel of rotten apples.

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

If you spill the beans, then you'll open a can of worms.

He can squeeze money out of a turnip.

Walking with your head between your legs.

Run your kite up the flagpole

They burnt the midnight candle to resolve the issues.

You can't pull the wool out from under my nose!

I'm sweating like a stuck pig.