->'''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/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest''

->'''Josh:''' You went over my head and you did it 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\\
Between the fire and the deep blue sea\\
Between a rock and the frying pan\\
What a terrible place to be\\
Cause I kicked two birds with one bucket\\
Bit off more bullets than I could chew\\
I burned my bridges at both ends\\
And that's a pretty dumb thing to do\\
Now I've got a snowball's chance in a handcart\\
I hope you let me explain\\
I'm standing on the precipice of a runaway train\\
I was blowing my own hot and cold trumpet\\
Cause it's a different kettle of ball games\\
When you're standing on the precipice of a runaway train\\
Now I'm hoist on my own line and sinker\\
Since I opened up a whole bag of cats\\
I put my nose out of joint on the grindstone\\
(I don't know why I did that)\\
You were a wolf at the door in sheep's clothing\\
You were my Achilles' ace in the heel\\
Don't want to make a mountain out of Mohammed\\
That's just the way that I feel\\
And now I got a snowball's chance in a handcart\\
It's all in a different vein\\
I'm standing on the precipice of a runaway train\\
I took the bull by the china shop\\
I won't do that again\\
Now I'm standing on the precipice of a runaway train''
-->-- '''Music/MitchBenn''', "The Devil and a Hard Place" [[note]]inspired by someone saying that last line on the news[[/note]]

->''"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--\\
'''Thomas Raith:''' Mixing metaphors?\\
'''Harry Dresden:''' Fuck off.
-->-- ''Literature/ColdDays''

->'''Peter:''' Well, they say throwing salt on the wound is the quickest way to heal.\\
'''Neal:''' I don't think they say that.\\
'''Peter:''' You sure?\\
'''Neal:''' Yeah, they say something about time.
-->-- ''Series/WhiteCollar'', [[Recap/WhiteCollarS05E12TakingStock Taking Stock]]"
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