Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 9)

A rolling stone catches the worm.

The bad penny ain’t pickin’ up no more rollin’ moss.

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

The squeeky wheel gets the worm.

Loose lips sink like a rock.


Our old car bought the dirt.

They try to balance a fine line.

Like the old adverb you can lead a gift horse to the water but ya can't look in his mouth.

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

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of justice for all

She's skating on thin water.

It's like pushing a rock upstream.

We’ll do this individually as a group.

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

You can take that to the bank and smoke it.

Nail our fingers to the mast

The president will put the ship of state on its feet.

I'm sweating like a stuck pig.

Those two get on like a horse on fire.

Walking with your head between your legs.

Government of the people, by the people, and for the pursuit of happiness.

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

We all have our own legs to pull.

He was bothered mentally mainly by the physical plague.