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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