Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 7)

These managers all know their onions and cut their cloth accordingly.

English football player & announcer

You are wise behind your ears.

They’ve taken the horns by the scruff of the neck.

English football player & analyst

We need to look at it before the other eyes set foot on it.

It sounds good on paper.

We are proud to be part of a ground-breaking initiative.

Get two birds stoned at once.

It looks like a classic case of a bandwagon effect snowballing out of control.

British spokesman

I think we got on like a house gathering no moss.

She was drop down gorgeous.

We are rolling out fresh fruit in primary schools.

I'm not trying to poke holes at anybody.

Living from hand to mouth like the birds of the air

We have taken care of all of the silver bullets.

You continue to cloudy the water.

That's the whole kettle of fish in a nutshell.

When life throws you curve balls, make lemonade.

You must have ears like an eagle.

I'm hungry enough to eat cats and dogs.

Don’t eat with your mouth full!

We are just scratching the tip of the iceberg.