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1	->'''Ricky:''' You remember the old saying "Birds of a feather smell the same"?\
2	'''Lucy:''' Oh, you mean "A rose by any other name flocks together"?
3	-->-- ''Series/ILoveLucy''
4
5	->'''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.\
6	'''Cat R. Waul:''' ...[[FlatWhat What]]?
7	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest''
8
9	->'''Josh:''' You went over my head and you did it behind my back!\
10	'''Amy:''' Quite the contortionist am I.
11	-->-- ''Series/TheWestWing''
12
13	->''"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."''
14	-->-- '''[[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] News Magazine''', [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7457287.stm "50 office-speak phrases you love to hate"]]
15
16	->''I'm caught between the devil and a hard place\
17	Between the fire and the deep blue sea\
18	Between a rock and the frying pan\
19	What a terrible place to be\
20	Cause I kicked two birds with one bucket\
21	Bit off more bullets than I could chew\
22	I burned my bridges at both ends\
23	And that's a pretty dumb thing to do\
24	Now I've got a snowball's chance in a handcart\
25	I hope you let me explain\
26	I'm standing on the precipice of a runaway train\
27	I was blowing my own hot and cold trumpet\
28	Cause it's a different kettle of ball games\
29	When you're standing on the precipice of a runaway train\
30	Now I'm hoist on my own line and sinker\
31	Since I opened up a whole bag of cats\
32	I put my nose out of joint on the grindstone\
33	(I don't know why I did that)\
34	You were a wolf at the door in sheep's clothing\
35	You were my Achilles' ace in the heel\
36	Don't want to make a mountain out of Mohammed\
37	That's just the way that I feel\
38	And now I got a snowball's chance in a handcart\
39	It's all in a different vein\
40	I'm standing on the precipice of a runaway train\
41	I took the bull by the china shop\
42	I won't do that again\
43	Now I'm standing on the precipice of a runaway train''
44	-->-- '''Music/MitchBenn''', "The Devil and a Hard Place" [[note]]inspired by someone saying that last line on the news[[/note]]
45
46	->''"So many irons in the fire. Such a tangled web. It is a web full of flaming irons and mixed metaphors."''
47	-->-- '''Vriska Serket''', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''
48
49	->''"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, may I have the attention of the class..."''
50	-->-- '''Dick "Dastardly" Richard''', ''WebVideo/RatMovieMysteryOfTheMayanTreasure''
51
52	->"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!"
53	-->-- ''Literature/MrsMcGintysDead''
54
55	->'''Doc:''' You know what they say: People in glass houses sink sh-sh-ships.\
56	'''Rocco:''' Doc, I gotta buy you, like, a proverb book or something. This mix'n'match shit's gotta go.\
57	'''Doc:''' What?\
58	'''Connor:''' A penny saved is worth two in the bush, isn't it?\
59	'''Murphy:''' And don't cross the road if you can't get out of the kitchen.
60	-->-- ''Film/TheBoondockSaints''
61
62	->'''Harry Dresden:''' Someone is out there. Someone who has been manipulating the events. Playing puppet master, stirring the pot, stacking the deck--\
63	'''Thomas Raith:''' Mixing metaphors?\
64	'''Harry Dresden:''' Fuck off.
65	-->-- ''Literature/ColdDays''
66
67	->'''Peter:''' Well, they say throwing salt on the wound is the quickest way to heal.\
68	'''Neal:''' I don't think they say that.\
69	'''Peter:''' You sure?\
70	'''Neal:''' Yeah, they say something about time.
71	-->-- ''Series/WhiteCollar'', [[Recap/WhiteCollarS05E12TakingStock Taking Stock]]"

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