Mixed metaphors

[DILLIGAFF]

I am meeting a pal in London today who is unwittingly a master of the mixed metaphor.


A couple of recent quotes.................  regarding a friend who was struggling............"He's really down on his uppers"  !!


And talking about a waste of time................... "It was a bit of a wild herring"  :rollin :lol






This got me to thinking, and with the vast resources of the FOC-U forum to hand, a new thread is born.






Let's see who can come up with the best examples.


I'll start you off with..................






People in glass houses gather no moss.


That's put a spanner in the ointment.


Beware the wrath of a big stick................................... :rolleyes

[bigralphie]

As sober as a Aegis Bearing

[wfbroddy]

A favourites of my mums..

"If we're not in when you get back................., we'll be out"

put a smile on my face everytime, as it was always said with absolute conviction  :rollin

[DryRob]

I'm sorry but I have the memory of a sieved fish

[caretaker]

there was a german guy in my previous employ who would say of someone who was having a strop "he is throwing his pram around, ja!"

[GringoRojo]

goes like shit off a duck's back

[pilgrim]

Pillock who works next to me:
' Its not a race, its a marathon'
Eh?

[bigralphie]

Its not even that ,its a snickers

[Farjo]

"Is a bear Catholic?" - Kelly in "Married With Children"