History Quotes / MixedMetaphor

->''"For somewhere," said Poirot to himself, indulging in an absolute riot of mixed metaphors, "there is in the hay a needle, and among the sleeping dogs there is one on whom I shall put my foot, and by shooting the arrows into the air, one will come down and hit a glass-house!"''

->'''Ricky''': You remember the old saying "Birds of a feather smell the same"?
->'''Lucy''': Oh, you mean "A rose by any other name flocks together"?

->'''Miss Kitty''': You put a mouse on the stage, your saloon's gonna be as empty as Death Valley on a cold day in June when the snow don't fall.
->'''Cat R. Waul''': ...[[FlatWhat What]]?
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail 2''

->'''Josh:''' You went over my head and you did it behind my back!
->'''Amy:''' Quite the contortionist am I.

->''"I'm caught between the devil and a hard place\\

Now I'm standing on the precipice of a runaway train"''

-> So many irons in the fire. Such a tangled web. It is a web full of flaming irons and mixed metaphors.
-->--'''Vriska Serket''', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''

-> Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, may I have the attention of the class...
-->--'''Dick "Dastardly" Richard''', ''WebVideo/RatMovieMysteryOfTheMayanTreasure''

->"For somewhere," said Poirot to himself, indulging in an absolute riot of mixed metaphors, "there is in the hay a needle, and among the sleeping dogs there is one on whom I shall put my foot, and by shooting the arrows into the air, one will come down and hit a glass-house!"
-->--''Literature/MrsMcGintysDead''

->'''Doc''': You know what they say: People in glass houses sink sh-sh-ships.\\
'''Rocco''': Doc, I gotta buy you, like, a proverb book or something. This mix'n'match shit's gotta go.\\
'''Doc''': What?\\
'''Connor''': A penny saved is worth two in the bush, isn't it?\\
'''Murphy''': And don't cross the road if you can't get out of the kitchen.
-->--''Film/TheBoondockSaints''

->'''Harry Dresden:'''Someone is out there. Someone who has been manipulating the events. Playing puppet master, stirring the pot, stacking the deck-\\

-->--''Literature/ColdDays''

-> -'''Vriska Serket''', ''[[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Homestuck]]''

-> -'''Dick "Dastardly" Richard''', "WebVideo/RatMovieMysteryOfTheMayanTreasure"

-> -'''Dick Dastardly Richard''', "WebVideo/RatMovieMysteryOfTheMayanTreasure"

-> -'''Dick Dastardly Richard''', "WebVidea/RatMovieMysteryOfTheMayanTreasure"

-> -'''Dick Dastardly Richard''', [["RatMovieMysteryOfTheMayanTreasure"]]

-> -'''Vriska Serket''', ''[[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Homestuck]]''

->'''Josh:''' You went over my head and behind my back.

-> '''Vriska Serket''', ''[[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Homestuck]]''

-> '''Vriska Serket''', [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} ''Homestuck'']]

-> '''Vriska Serket''', [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}]]

-->-- '''Music/MitchBenn''', "The Devil and a Hard Place" [[note]]inspired by someone saying that last line on the news[[/note]]

->I'm caught between the devil and a hard place\\

Now I'm standing on the precipice of a runaway train

-->'''Ricky''': You remember the old saying "Birds of a feather smell the same"?
-->'''Lucy''': Oh, you mean "A rose by any other name flocks together"?
-->-''Series/ILoveLucy''

-->'''Miss Kitty''': You put a mouse on the stage, your saloon's gonna be as empty as Death Valley on a cold day in June when the snow don't fall.
-->'''Cat R. Waul''': ...[[FlatWhat What]]?
-->-''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail 2''

-->'''Josh:''' You went over my head and behind my back.
-->'''Amy:''' Quite the contortionist am I.
-->-''Series/TheWestWing''

-->"I once had a boss who said, 'You can't have your cake and eat it, so you have to step up to the plate and face the music.' It was in that moment I knew I had to resign before somebody got badly hurt by a pencil."
-->-'''[[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] News Magazine''', [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7457287.stm "50 office-speak phrases you love to hate"]]

-->I'm caught between the devil and a hard place\\

-->--'''Music/MitchBenn''', "The Devil and a Hard Place" [[note]]inspired by someone saying that last line on the news[[/note]]

-->-''ILoveLucy''

-->-''TheWestWing''

-->-'''{{BBC}} News Magazine''', [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7457287.stm "50 office-speak phrases you love to hate"]]

I'm standing on the precipice of a runaway train

-->-'''{{BBC}} News Magazine''', [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7457287.stm "50 office-speak phrases you love to hate"]]

-->-''AnAmericanTail 2''

-->'''Cat R. Waul''': ...What?

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