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Mixing your metaphors

anim8or

anim8or

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Aug 16, 2006
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Scotland, UK
Hello All,

At work we were talking about mixing up metaphors with funny results and i thought i would put it to the masses to see if anyone lese has experienced any funny mixed up metaphors.

I'll start us off...

A friend of mine once came out with:-

"...that will certainly put the cat among the penguins!"

and another:-

"...i think i will bite the bullet by the horns..."
 
Sorry, I'd rather stick with mixed drinks at the bar. Mmmm... beer with a mohito or bloody mary chaser.
 
I mix metaphors on a regular basis, but I don't really use the same ones over and over, so I can't remember any offhand. Do it too much and people think you're slow or stupid, and treat you as such.

Mixed Metaphor said:
It's not rocket surgery.
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I love mixed metaphors. Back in the day, we had a politician over here who was famous for his butchered turns of phrase.

"A bird in the hand gathers no moss."
 
"Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice... you.. you ... you can't fool ma again!"

or something like that!
 
anim8or said:
"Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice... you.. you ... you can't fool ma again!"

or something like that!
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There's an old saying in Tennessee, I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee which says, 'fool me once... shame on... shame on you.

...

Y'fool me, can't get fooled again.

Love it.
 
'Wood don't grow on trees you know'

Seriously - a woodworking teacher said that to a class in about 1994. We knew what he meant ( good wood is expensive, don't waste it etc ) but in terms of screwing that typical metaphor, he could not have got it better.
 
Don't mean to thread resurrect but I thought that this was the most appropriate topic to post my feelings on Mixed Metaphors.

I totally love them! They can either show your wittiness, or your foolishness. It's good to differentiate. :p

My favourite mixed metaphor is of "You've got your back to the wall" and "The writing's on the wall".

Mixed Metaphor by Moi said:
"The writing is on the wall, and your back is facing it!"
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I don't know who originally said it, but I use this mixed metaphor alot.

"You snake in the grasses are barking up the wrong tree." It confuses the heck out people and they usually stop the accusations.:p
 
In high school, one of my friends butchered the common "Up a creek without a paddle" to "Up a creek without a river." I still use that one to this day.
 
"When we hit the beach running, ..."

"Just wanted to put that on your richter scale."

Former co-worker of my wife had two dogs: a rockweiler and a datsun.
 
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