Mixed metaphors

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Mixed metaphors

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I wonder how many mixed metaphors you can come up with ?

i.e.

He's a loose cannon who always goes off the deep end.

Footloose and fancy-pants.

He often shot his mouth off in the dark.

A rolling stone gathers no bird in the hand.

It was playing with fire in the belly.

I'm going to put my foot down with a firm hand


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Good 'un! like these:
I'm gonna burn that bridge when I come to it

Robbing peter to pay the piper

Burning the midnight oil at both ends

Denial is not just a river in england

The eye of the needle that broke the camels back

I have a snowballs chance in a handcart

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I don't have a plan......so nothing can go wrong!

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jewel wrote: I'm gonna burn that bridge when I come to it
Robbing peter to pay the piper
Burning the midnight oil at both ends
Denial is not just a river in england
The eye of the needle that broke the camels back
I have a snowballs chance in a handcart :D

Very Good Jewel. :)
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