Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 3)

Roy Keane didn’t go through the book with a fine toothbrush.

English football player & analyst
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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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Up a tree without a paddle

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The notion that space was empty, there was no stuff there, was something the mind finds it very difficult to get its head round, she said.

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She’s not the brightest bulb in the drawer.

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You were at your wit’s nerve.

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It’s up to them, the tide is in their court now.

English former football player & manager
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You buttered your bread; now you'll have to sleep in it.

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The future of the church depends on passing the torch to the next generation.

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Do you follow where I'm coming from?

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It’s like pulling the teeth from a hen.

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This is a race where you can turn a corner, and then there’ll be another team right there breathing down your throat.

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We'll drive off of that bridge when we get to it.

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We're cooking on all four cylinders.

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The ship of state has a difficult road ahead.

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Get the kinks rolling

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Zipping one’s lips and throwing away the key

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Married at the hip

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He's been burning the midnight oil at both ends.

English sports commentator
Mixed metaphors Sports

Right there on the tip of my brain

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That snake in the grass is barking up the wrong tree.

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