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-->'''Thompson:''' Indeed, where no man's hand has ever set foot.
-->'''Thomson:''' Just think of it, Thompson: we are walking on the Moon.
-->'''Thompson:''' Indeed, where no man's hand has ever set foot.
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* ''Film/CharlieWilsonsWar'': Henry Cravely tells Gust Avrokatos "We'll call it water under the dam and move on." While forcefully outlining the many, many other issues that Gust has with Cravely's speech, Cravely himself, the management of the [=CIA=], and so on, he adds "also, water goes over a dam and under a bridge, you poncy schoolboy."
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* Cyril Bryson on ''Series/{{Chef}}'' "This is the eye of the needle that breaks the camel's back!"
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* One of Series/ElChapulinColorado's trademark gags: every time he tries to cite a famous saying he gets it mixed with another one, and ends up saying "...Well, you get the idea."
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--'''Porky:''' You b-b-b-buttered your bread, now sleep in it!
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* At one point in ''Series/ILoveLucy'', Ethel came over and accidentally blabbed some info to Ricky that Lucy didn't want her telling. Lucy was upset, but Ricky welcomed Ethel to come over at any time and "spill the beans out of the cat-bag." Lucy then had to correct him saying that it was either "spill the beans" or "let the cat out of the bag." Justified here since English isn't Ricky's first language.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/PorkyPig'' cartoon, "Porky's Bear Facts", which serves as a Grasshopper and the Ant retelling, Porky spends all summer working his butt off on the farm as his lazy neighbor lounges around. Come winter, Porky's neighbor is left starving, and when he see's Porky has plenty of food, decides to invite himself over for dinner. Porky slams the door in his face and delivers a quote identical to the Jiminy Cricket example above.
--'''Porky:''' You b-b-b-buttered your bread, now sleep in it!
--'''Porky:''' You b-b-b-buttered your bread, now sleep in it!
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--> '''Breaker:''' Locating McCullen's base will be like finding a needle in a coal mine.\\
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** From "Much Apu About Nothing": "These people are the glue that holds together the gears of our society."
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--->'''Buford 'Mad Dog' Tannen:''' ...I'm gonna hunt you down and shoot you down like a duck!
--->'''Henchman:'''duck!\\
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* ''Film/{{Robocop 2}}'' has an example that doesn't even sound relevant to the current situation (kids wasting water):
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* Ross O'Donovan, AKA "RubberNinja", has a tendency to do this quite often on SteamTrain. Notable "Rossisms" include:
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--> The more times we roll the dice, the more likely it is to come up tails, at least once.
--> The more times we roll the dice, the more likely it is to come up tails, at least once.
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* in ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', a non-native speaker of English tries to make a metaphor, is told they got it wrong, and corrects himself:
--> '''Man:''' He's going to be hard to spot, like a needle in a coal mine.
--> '''Joe:''' You mean, "haystack."
--> '''Man:''' Right, sorry. He's going to be as hard to spot as a haystack in a coal mine.
--> '''Man:''' He's going to be hard to spot, like a needle in a coal mine.
--> '''Joe:''' You mean, "haystack."
--> '''Man:''' Right, sorry. He's going to be as hard to spot as a haystack in a coal mine.
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-->'''Man:''' He's going to '''Breaker:''' Locating McCullen's base will be hard to spot, like finding a needle in a coal mine.
--> '''Joe:''' You mean, "haystack."
--> '''Man:''' Right, sorry. He's going to be as hard to spot as a haystackmine.\\
'''Ripcord:''' Haystack.\\
'''Breaker:''' Oh, right. Haystack in a coal mine.\\
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--> '''Man:''' Right, sorry. He's going to be as hard to spot as a haystack
'''Ripcord:''' Haystack.\\
'''Breaker:''' Oh, right. Haystack in a coal mine.\\
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* Sensei in ''VideoGame/INinja'' gives you random sayings at the beginning of each new hub world. "A rolling stone is worth two.... in the bush!"
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* From ''Film/{{Airplane}}'': "I guess the foot's on the other hand now!"
* From ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'': "Looks like the upper hand is on the other foot!"
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* From ''Film/MarginCall'', on discovering an emergency:
--> '''John Tuld:''' But from what I've been told this matter needs to be dealt with urgently. So urgently in fact (it) probably should've been 'dressed weeks(!) ago but... that is spilt milk under the bridge.
--> '''John Tuld:''' But from what I've been told this matter needs to be dealt with urgently. So urgently in fact (it) probably should've been 'dressed weeks(!) ago but... that is spilt milk under the bridge.
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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8233288/9/Faery-Heroes Faery Heroes]]'':
-->'''Luna:''' Okay, then Hermione, you don't have to take part in the fun. We'll just hold it as an IOU.\\
'''Hermione:''' But I don't owe you anything!\\
'''Luna:''' Yes you do; you owe me the laughter I'll get when you finally pull that stick out of the mud.\\
'''Harry:''' Luna, I think you have your metaphors mixed up again. She is a "''stick in the mud''", and she needs to "''pull the stick out of her arse''".
-->'''Luna:''' Okay, then Hermione, you don't have to take part in the fun. We'll just hold it as an IOU.\\
'''Hermione:''' But I don't owe you anything!\\
'''Luna:''' Yes you do; you owe me the laughter I'll get when you finally pull that stick out of the mud.\\
'''Harry:''' Luna, I think you have your metaphors mixed up again. She is a "''stick in the mud''", and she needs to "''pull the stick out of her arse''".
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* In ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', when George's coworkers find out that he's been [[ObfuscatingDisability faking a disability]], but he has a one-year contract and refuses to resign:
-->'''George:''' ... They've downgraded me to some sort of a bunker. I'm like Hitler's last days here.
-->'''Jerry:''' So you're gonna leave?
-->'''George:''' Oh no! I'm invigorated! Haha, they'll never get me out. I'm like a weed, Jerry.
-->'''Jerry:''' I thought you're like Hitler in the bunker.
-->'''George:''' [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs ...I'm a weed in Hitler's bunker]].
-->'''George:''' ... They've downgraded me to some sort of a bunker. I'm like Hitler's last days here.
-->'''Jerry:''' So you're gonna leave?
-->'''George:''' Oh no! I'm invigorated! Haha, they'll never get me out. I'm like a weed, Jerry.
-->'''Jerry:''' I thought you're like Hitler in the bunker.
-->'''George:''' [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs ...I'm a weed in Hitler's bunker]].
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-->'''Draco:''' We were talking about ''you'', too. Don't you get it, Harry? I'm better when you're around, at least when you're being honest with me, because then I can concentrate on your emotions. But when you're not, then I get bored. And Blaise was emoting all over the place. Did you really expect me to pass up an opportunity like that?\\
'''Harry:''' Not yet. But having me around as a means of controlling your empathy is a crutch, Draco, one that we've got to wean you of.\\
'''Draco:''' Now you're using mixed metaphors.
-->'''Draco:''' We were talking about ''you'', too. Don't you get it, Harry? I'm better when you're around, at least when you're being honest with me, because then I can concentrate on your emotions. But when you're not, then I get bored. And Blaise was emoting all over the place. Did you really expect me to pass up an opportunity like that?\\
'''Harry:''' Not yet. But having me around as a means of controlling your empathy is a crutch, Draco, one that we've got to wean you of.\\
'''Draco:''' Now you're using mixed metaphors.
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* ''Literature/HelpMyStoryHasTheMarySueDisease'' has three overarching metaphors - Mary-Sues as a disease in a story, Good and Bad Eggs for character quality, and Suspension of Disbelief as architecture. These get ...interesting when combined.
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* Used a lot in Literature/{{Discworld}}, primarily by Mustrum Ridcully and Nanny Ogg - example from the latter "The worm is on the other foot now!" (mixing 'the worm has turned' with 'the boot is on the other foot now').
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** "The leopard never changes his shorts" (supposed to be "spots") started with Nanny Ogg, but [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike others started saying it]] even if they'd never met her, including Glenda in ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals''.
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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13065793/8/Harry-Potter-and-the-Bodacious-Bodyguard Harry Potter and the Bodacious Bodyguard]]'':
-->'''Hermione:''' I'm not mad at you. You're just...\\
'''Tonks:''' Upsetting the balance. You've always been the mother hen, and I'm usurping the crown.\\
'''Hermione:''' You're ''really'' bad at metaphors.
-->'''Hermione:''' I'm not mad at you. You're just...\\
'''Tonks:''' Upsetting the balance. You've always been the mother hen, and I'm usurping the crown.\\
'''Hermione:''' You're ''really'' bad at metaphors.
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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13142525/11/The-Seventh-Day-Seer The Seventh Day Seer]]'':
-->'''Harry:''' It's not greasy, you know.\\
'''Snape:''' My hair? I am ''flattered'' that you imagined it would be.\\
'''Harry:''' Oh, hush. I was trying to show you that my impressions of you as a child were, well, wrong. Ron and I used to go on about you, but everything I ever said about you then was so far off the mark, it wasn't even in the same building.\\
'''Snape:''' I believe you have mixed your metaphors, so to speak.
-->'''Harry:''' It's not greasy, you know.\\
'''Snape:''' My hair? I am ''flattered'' that you imagined it would be.\\
'''Harry:''' Oh, hush. I was trying to show you that my impressions of you as a child were, well, wrong. Ron and I used to go on about you, but everything I ever said about you then was so far off the mark, it wasn't even in the same building.\\
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* Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}:''
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* This exchange between a thug and The Penguin in an issue of Fraanchise/{{Batman}}
--> '''Thug''': This is a crime family. A syndicate. You're the top dog on the pyramid and we're all the little fish on the bottom rung of the totem pole.
--> '''Penguin''': I understand your point, Marco. Despite the murder of several metaphors to get there.
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-->'''Natalie:''' ...Are we swimming through fire or are we mixing metaphors?
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* ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'': On [[http://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-6-page-45 this page]], Professor Bigfoot mixes various sheep/dog/wolf-related sayings including "crying wolf", "lambs to the slaughter", "AWolfInSheepsClothing", and "lone wolf".
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'''Isabel:''' Max, that's a whole can of worms.\\
'''Max:''' Hey. I'm fishing for information. Open that can I need those worms
** On [[http://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-6-page-45 this page]], Professor Bigfoot mixes various sheep/dog/wolf-related sayings including "crying wolf", "lambs to the slaughter", "AWolfInSheepsClothing", and "lone wolf".
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'''Isabel:''' Max, that's a whole can of worms.\\
'''Max:''' Hey. I'm fishing for information. Open that can I need those worms
** On [[http://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-6-page-45 this page]], Professor Bigfoot mixes various sheep/dog/wolf-related sayings including "crying wolf", "lambs to the slaughter", "AWolfInSheepsClothing", and "lone wolf".
