This was inspired by another thread elsewhere and forgive me (relative newbie that I am) if it's been covered already but do any of you enjoy mixed metaphors? What might be some of your favorites? One of mine is:

"No one hits a hole in one on their first time at bat."

Think it came from a "Dilbert" cartoon...

It's like pulling hen's teeth.

To be, or not to be: that is the question:

Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles...

How can you expect to let sleeping dogs lie if you let the cat out of the bag?

He always has an ear to the grindstone.

We could keep this up till the cows come home to roost.

Now we all know that too many cooks are worth two in the bush.

A cartoon I saw once - a pontiff walking out of the forest with a roll of toilet paper.

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One of my roomies at university once told me, "It's no skin off my back."

But then, she also thought that your lips and tongue are made of liver.

A ---- in the bush is worth two in the hand.

A change is as good as a feast...

A cartoon I saw once - a pontiff walking out of the forest with a roll of toilet paper.

I love it! A meta-mixed metaphor!

No, it not far, just two shakes of a lambs tail, as the crow flies, down the road...

http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/clarkson/bitethebull.html

"Now that's a whole different kettle of pants."

You can't lead a horse to spoil the broth at the drop of the skin of my teeth...