My Favorite Mixed Metaphors
by Jim Carlton
Here’s what I think are a rather amusing collection of mixed metaphors along with a few malaprops for good measure. I’ve been collecting them for years and these are my favorites. I hope they provide a few laughs for you.
We could stand here and talk until the cows turn blue.
You could have knocked me over with a fender.
He was watching me like I was a hawk.
I’ll get it by hook or ladder.
He’s a wolf in cheap clothing.
They’re diabolically opposed.
He received a decease and desist order.
I wouldn’t eat that with a ten-foot pole.
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