Mixed Metaphors Please

@indonesia-phil said
Can't see the wood for the bird in the hand.

You can’t make a silk purse out of an 800 pound gorilla in the room.

You can't expect me to just wave my magic willy; we have to put our noses to millstone.

Life's like a box of chocolates: you never know who's gonna be dumber than a bag of rocks.

The sky above the port was the color of the opiate of the masses.

It is not a good idea to play your cards from the bottom of the barrel.

One swallow doesn't make a stitch in time.

She walked as if she were floating a check.

Her stockings were sheerer than the sheerest cliff.

There's more than one way to peel the egg you just taught grandma to suck.

An apple a day keeps the water off a duck’s back.

If man were meant to fly, he'd walk a mile in my shoes.

You don't set the FoxNews to watch the White House.