#86057
11/06/2002 5:42 PM
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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...
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#86058
11/06/2002 5:51 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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It's like pulling hen's teeth.
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#86059
11/06/2002 6:05 PM
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Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
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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...
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#86060
11/06/2002 6:31 PM
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enthusiast
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enthusiast
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How can you expect to let sleeping dogs lie if you let the cat out of the bag?
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#86061
11/07/2002 1:15 AM
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Carpal Tunnel
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He always has an ear to the grindstone.
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#86062
11/07/2002 2:01 AM
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Carpal Tunnel
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We could keep this up till the cows come home to roost.
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#86063
11/07/2002 11:21 AM
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newbie
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Now we all know that too many cooks are worth two in the bush.
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#86064
11/07/2002 2:18 PM
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veteran
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veteran
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A cartoon I saw once - a pontiff walking out of the forest with a roll of toilet paper.
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#86065
11/07/2002 5:00 PM
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Joined: Feb 2002
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old hand
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old hand
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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. 
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#86066
11/07/2002 9:45 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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A ---- in the bush is worth two in the hand.
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#86067
11/07/2002 9:52 PM
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enthusiast
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A change is as good as a feast...
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#86068
11/08/2002 11:40 AM
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Carpal Tunnel
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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! 
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#86069
11/08/2002 5:53 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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No, it not far, just two shakes of a lambs tail, as the crow flies, down the road...
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#86070
11/09/2002 6:02 PM
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addict
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#86071
11/09/2002 9:58 PM
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old hand
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old hand
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"Now that's a whole different kettle of pants."
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#86072
11/10/2002 3:20 PM
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enthusiast
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You can't lead a horse to spoil the broth at the drop of the skin of my teeth...
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