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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMix a metaphor...Go!
Screw loose and fancy-free
Take the path of a different Drummer.
It's not rocket surgery.
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Mix a metaphor...Go! (Original Post)
kairos12
Jun 2019
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tblue37
(68,341 posts)1. Hopped on his horse and rode off in all directions. nt
True Dough
(26,094 posts)2. It's easy as falling off a pie.
Does the pope shit in the woods?
genxlib
(6,102 posts)3. My favorite to use
We'll burn that bridge when we get to it.
Glorfindel
(10,172 posts)4. I heard it straight from the horse's ass.
A stitch in time saves none.
Water over the bridge.
Water under the dam.
Mighty pines from little acorns grow.
MLAA
(19,678 posts)8. Good ones!
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)5. You can lead a horse to water
But you can't make him mix a metaphor.
You can't teach an old dog mental gymnastics.
tazkcmo
(7,419 posts)6. If you can't stand the Heat
Try A Stitch in Time.
Leith
(7,864 posts)7. From the old I Love Lucy show
"He let the cat out of the bean bag."
MLAA
(19,678 posts)9. I am healthy and tired of all these mixed metaphors 😉
MLAA
(19,678 posts)10. It is as cold as dice in here!
earthshine
(1,642 posts)11. The best one ever is from GWB.
Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on ... shame on ...
Won't get fooled again!
rurallib
(64,607 posts)12. my favorite was always Dorothy Parker's
"You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think."
Or there is always "he's an order of fries short of a happy meal."
NotASurfer
(2,366 posts)13. A mind like a steel sieve
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)14. Well, this thread is certainly
a horse of a different flavor.
Floyd R. Turbo
(32,466 posts)15. You buttered your bread,
now sleep in it!
kairos12
(13,491 posts)16. HaHha LOL.
Skittles
(170,209 posts)17. a friend in need is a pain in the ass
kairos12
(13,491 posts)18. You speak truth to
bread and circuses.
Skittles
(170,209 posts)19. I think, therefore I am
but I'm pink, therefore I'm spam
