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A thread for trying to express yourself with as many mixed metaphors as you can, please.

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I was just listening to the commentary from Wellington, and it seems Brook got sconned on the melon with a brand new cherry.

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It's time our rubber met the road, and we bit the bullet on these issues, so those who want to punt should pull the ripcord now before the horse bolts.

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He was boxing the one-eyed champ while thinking of a pearl necklass.

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You need to kill 2 birds with one stone then put it on the back burner. Remember a picture is worth a thousand words if you run it up the flag pole to see which way the wind is blowing.

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@the-gravedigger said
You need to kill 2 birds with one stone then put it on the back burner. Remember a picture is worth a thousand words if you run it up the flag pole to see which way the wind is blowing.
Two birds in the bush are worth the same as birds in the kitchen flocking together to get out of a frying pan.

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Too many cooks shouldn't live in glass houses.

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@the-gravedigger said
Too many cooks shouldn't live in glass houses.
People who live in glasshouses shouldn't throw too many of their tomatoes at the cooks.

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@fmf said
People who live in glasshouses shouldn't throw too many of their tomatoes at the cooks.
Just stop throwing tomatoes and you should be fine! 🙂 If not beware of the Butcher's Knife!

-VR

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@very-rusty said
Just stop throwing tomatoes and you should be fine! 🙂 If not beware of the Butcher's Knife!

-VR
We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it.

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@moonbus said
We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it.
Always best to plan in advance, isn't that what your preach? 🙂

-VR

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@very-rusty said
Always best to plan in advance, isn't that what your preach? 🙂

-VR
Well, you can look a gift horse in the mouth but you can’t make him drink.

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Time and tide waits for no man is an island.

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@the-gravedigger said
Time and tide waits for no man is an island.
A stitch in time saves a pound of prevention.

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That train has sailed.

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