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.”

 

[SantaMufasa]

Dirty laundry is coming home to roost." -- Ray Romano

"Do you follow where I'm coming from?"

"Don't eat with your mouth full!"

"She's drop down gorgeous."

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.”

 

[jsteph]

One of my favorites from the TV show Cheers:
[Sam to Diane, who had been talking sexy to him and then halted]

Aw, Diane, you got my motor all revved up and then you pulled the rug from under me!

--Jim

 

[Scott24x7]

I'm only serious.


Best Regards,
Scott

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, and no simpler."

 

[SamBones]

Not exactly mixed metaphors, but...

"People who live in stone houses, shouldn't throw glasses"

"A penny saved is ridiculous"

And I had a Marine Corps Drill Instructor once tell me...

"Pain the the feeling of weakness leaving the body"

 

[cspilman]

We have to get all our ducks on the same page."

"It's time to grab the bull by the horns and look him in the eye."

"I'm sweating like a bullet"

"It sticks out like a sore throat"

"I have a lot of black sheep in my closet."

Regards,
Chuck

 

[Turkbear]

Hi,
For Yogi's best try:

http://www.royalrife.com/berra.pdf

To Paraphrase:"The Help you get is proportional to the Help you give.."

 

[dixiematic]

Hi,
as a member of amateur musicians community I like the saying " It is nice to play at a funeral if it is not of your own".
This one makes my wife mad: "Do not lay down on tomorrow what you can do a day after tomorrow ".
A German friend instructed me "Fire in your fingers, ashes in your head". He was a programmer. I hope you see what I said.
regards m777182

 

[p5wizard]

Re: [ignore]

http://www.royalrife.com/berra.pdf

[/ignore]

Makes me wonder if Yogi was Dubya's speech coach ;-)

p5

 

[SkipVought]

Sergey Brin wants Google to become the "third half of your brain."

http://www.businessinsider.com/sergey-brin-we-want-google-to-be-the-third-half-of-your-brain-2010-9

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

 

[p5wizard]

As long as it pairs up with the other halves, I'll be fine... ;-)

p5

 

[BadBigBen]

I guess you'd have a 'pear' of a time...

or was it that other fruit-loops flavor?

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"

 

[2ffat]

I just read this one: Getting back to abnormal.


James P. Cottingham
[sup]I'm number 1,229!
I'm number 1,229![/sup]

 

[PaulBricker]

One I use all the time is
"It's like falling off a horse, you never forget how"


Paul

 

[SQLSister]

PaulBricker, as a former horse owner, I can attest to the truth of that one!

"NOTHING is more important in a database than integrity." ESquared

 

[PaulBricker]

@SQLSister
I've fallen off a few of them myself but always got back on.

Paul

 

[acl03]

My favorite Yogi-ism:

Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded.

Thanks,
Andrew

Hard work often pays off over time, but procrastination pays off right now!