Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 6)

The monkey is in your court.

If you let that sort of thing go on, your bread and butter will be cut right out from under your feet.

I was the mother hen to all these little ducks.

You could take that guy with a grain a salt.

If everything is good in the henhouse, you see don’t have to go out for eggs.

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

I turned a blind eye to all that bad stuff I was hearing.

Married at the hip

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

Sometimes you just have to let sleeping dogs fall where they may.

It’s like looking for a needle in a hayride.

Changes that will ignite our engines of growth

I've been up and down so many times that I feel as if I'm in a revolving door.

I don’t think we should jump at straws here.

In the words of Harry S. Truman: If it's too hot in the kitchen, stay away from the cook.

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

Did you hear what they feel?

Loose lips sink like a rock.

The early worm is being picked first.

He smokes like a fish.

You are wise behind your ears.

We are just scratching the tip of the iceberg.

To the max degree