Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 31)

The deputy was willing to cut him a break.

Loose lips sink like a rock.


I have been torn betwixt and between the devil and the deep blue sea.

Due process of elimination

Take a flying hike.

Our fans have been branded with the same brush.

English former football player & manager

I wouldn't trust him with my bargepole.

That was a dialog we started down.

He's a pretty sharp cookie.

.. drawing the eye… like a magnet

It’s time to step up to the plate and lay your cards on the table.

There's a silver lining in all that red ink.

Every dog has his day in the bucket.

(1898 – 1993) American homemaker

They can crumble as easily as ice cream in this heat.

I’ll get it by hook or ladder.

They're a legend before their time.

I'm bone empty.

You've opened this can of worms, now lie in it.

Married at the hip

I can’t make these split-minute decisions.

It sounds good on paper.