Great Mixed Metaphors

[SantaMufasa]

Some of the most entertaining of "advice" comes in the form of mixed metaphors. One of the other MAI threads got me chuckling as I reminisced over some of Yogi Berra's famous mixed metaphors.

List some of your favorites here so that we can "burn that bridge when we come to it."

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]
“Beware of those that seek to protect you from harm or risk. The cost will be your freedoms and your liberty.”

 

[FredWagner]

The classic that always comes to mind is where something seems familiar, and it's "Deja Vu all Over Again"

Fred Wagner

 

[tcsbiz]

90% of the game is half mental"

"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't go to yours.

 

[CajunCenturion]

My mother-in-law has come up with some great ones.

People who live in glass houses shouldn't gather moss.
Don't get all of your eggs out of two bushes.

There are several others and I'll post them as I recall them.

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[BadBigBen]

Some that I had picked up:

It dawned across my head. - Unknown

It's as American as killing two birds with one apple pie. - Gary Swing

right there on the tip of my brain - David R. Scott

They counted the votes until the cows had literally gone to sleep. - Dan Rather



Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"

 

[gbaughma]

I heard a really funny one the other day on XM Radio.

"Trespassers will be violated."



Just my 2¢

"What the captain doesn't realize is that we've secretly replaced his Dilithium Crystals with new Folger's Crystals."

--Greg

http://parallel.tzo.com

 

[Thargy]

My grandmother used to say (complete with sagacious wagging of finger) "the eye above hears all".

Regards

T

 

[SkipVought]

All seriousness aside...

Skip,
[sub]
Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE![/sub]

 

[blister911]

My high school football coach used to say (and I use it every chance I get):

"It'll stop hurting once the pain goes away"




Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

 

[SantaMufasa]

Pair up in threes."

"Line up in a circle."

"Bring it here before I see it."

"He has a heart as big as gold."

"A leopard can't change his stripes." -- Al Gore

"A rolling stone is worth two in the bush."


Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]
“Beware of those that seek to protect you from harm or risk. The cost will be your freedoms and your liberty.”

 

[BadBigBen]

I used to know a coach that said:

"Pain, is a sure sign that you are alive!"

Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"

 

[SantaMufasa]

"Pain, is a sure sign that you are alive!"

My favorite advice:

My advice for how to live a really long life...Don't stop breathing!

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]
“Beware of those that seek to protect you from harm or risk. The cost will be your freedoms and your liberty.”

 

[SkipVought]

Halitosis is better than no breath at all!

Birth is hereditary. If your parents didn't have children, then you won't either!

Skip,
[sub]
Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE![/sub]

 

[blister911]

My boss just used:

"Mad as a wet hornet."


Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

 

[blister911]

...followed with:

"Get in under the window."



Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

 

[Annihilannic]

Birth is hereditary. If your parents didn't have children, then you won't either

Not a mixed metaphor, but I always liked:

Madness is hereditary - you get it from your kids!

Annihilannic.

 

[SantaMufasa]

Back to Mixed Metaphors:

"A stitch in time is worth a pound of cure."

"As we consider the road that unfolds before us..." -- Barack Hussein Obama Jr.

"biting the hand that rocks the cradle"

"Button your seat belts." -- Rush Limbaugh

"Can't you read the handwriting in the wind?" -- Maj. Frank Burns, M*A*S*H

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]
“Beware of those that seek to protect you from harm or risk. The cost will be your freedoms and your liberty.”

 

[philhege]

"biting the hand that rocks the cradle"

That's not just mixed, it's nicely embedded.

-------++NO CARRIER++-------

 

[p5wizard]

One I just googled off the Inner Net:

"I hope he gets his curve ball straightened out."

Don't know who said it though...


HTH,

p5wizard

 

[SQLSister]

A name is worth 1,000 pictures
You're treading on thin water
Let's make sure we have our Ps and Qs crossed
The whole idea of doing this opens up a huge can of Pandora's box


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