Merry Mixed Metaphors

[debbila]

Let's see how creative we can be with sayings we use in the English language.
Create ( or quote ) two or more metaphors into one mixed metaphor.

I'll start

Life is a walk in the park that begins with one step.

 

[Boris Diamond]

Dirty laundry is coming home to roost

 

[debbila]

Children should be seen and not spared the rod.

 

[Boris Diamond]

I guess the foot's on the other hand now. Actually this comes from the movie, Airplane.

 

[debbila]

Boris Diamond I love the way they do that in that movie.

He's not the sharpest candle in the dark.

 

[Boris Diamond]

Fun movie!

Don't let the horse you rode in on hit you on the way out!

 

[verna davies]

Dont count your chickens before you leap

 

[Mia6]

Don't let your climb up the ladder bite you in the a** on the way down but not out.

 

[Boris Diamond]

From now on, I'm watching everything you do with a fine-toothed comb.

 

[debbila]

Satin sheets to lie on with a forked tongue in cheek.

 

[debbila]

From now on, I'm watching everything you do with a fine-toothed comb.

Well done! Did you make that one up?

 

[Boris Diamond]

Well done! Did you make that one up?

No. That was from someone else.

 

[Mia6]

Batten down the hatches for an endless night.

 

[debbila]

On a clear day you can see who your friends really are.

 

[verna davies]

You cant fit a square peg into a silver lining

 

[debbila]

You can never go home again, no matter how far you've roamed.

 

[Mia6]

He's not playing with a full deck but he's the apple of my eye.

 

[debbila]

You've got my head in the clouds and it's raining pennies from heaven.

 

[Mia6]

The world of life is a garden ravaged but still it is raining men.

 

[debbila]

It's raining cats and mice, what a rat chase!