Mangled Metaphors Medley Mayhem, Maybe?

Giggles

Some of these I actually heard in meetings. Others are just me being silly.

The List

You can lead a fish to water but you can’t feed him for a week.
We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it.
It’s not rocket surgery.
Does the pope shit in the woods?
It will be a walk in the cake.
For all intensive purposes,…
If you can’t take the heat, spoil the soup.
We will jump off that bridge when we get to it.
You’ve got to grab the tiger by the horns.
Up shit creek without a paddle.
Time wounds all heals.
The cows are coming home to roost.
Cut me some slacks!
That train has sailed.
The ship has left the station.
That’s a slippery door to open.
That’s a whole other kettle of monkeys.
You can’t put the cat back in the tube.
Flying by the seat of their tail.
Six of tom-ay-to, half a dozen of tom-ah-to.
You have to just roll with the flow.
Squeeze the lemon till the milk runs dry.
Don’t judge a clown till you’ve walked a mile in their shoes
Catch two tigers with one toe.
That dog won’t hunt the mustard.
I’m going to milk that lemon for all its worth.
Half of one, six dozen of another.
You don’t miss your water till hell freezes over.
Parking up the wrong tree.
Three shits to the wind.
Don’t count your horses before they hatch.
You’re counting your chickens before the cart.
Straight from the horse’s ass.
It’s more fun than shooting monkeys in a barrel.
You nailed it out of the park.
You gotta reap just what you saw.
You really pulled a rabbit out of your ass.
Two birds in the bush is better than one bite in the hand that feeds.

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