A masterly mixed metaphor in a news announcement concerning the impending closure of the Cammel Laird shipbuilding yard:

“They’ve kept soldiering on through choppy waters, but now they have reached the end of the road.”
(Still, at least he didn’t say much about their insolvency…)
Steve Evans, BBC Radio 4, Wednesday 11th April 01


A picture editor for one of the wire services, talking about training a young Vietnamese man:

“We put him in the darkroom, where he developed into a photographer…”
Horst Vass, BBC Radio 4, Wednesday 11th April 01