Do you have any phrases that are two or more metaphors mixed together?
I’ll give two examples:
For my favorite one I have to give credit to a very good friend who thanks to my constant “There’s this thread that I read on the dope…” started lurking a couple of weeks ago (so she should be ready to sign up in about 3-4 years):
Waiting for more humorous or philosophical gems.
I personally really like “It’s not rocket surgery!!”
Yes, that is good. It also makes a nice combo with your user name…
Don’t count your chickens til you cross the bridge…
Courtesy of my mother, whose native language was not English.
Does the pope shit in the woods?
That’s the pot calling a different kettle of fish.
I’ll burn that bridge when I come to it. My personal motto - embroidered on all of my towels.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him piss like a racehorse.
Paired with, “Are the Bears Catholic?”
All roads lead to those who wait.
A bird in hand gathers no moss
An ounce of prevention is wasted on the young.
That’s a horse of a different feather.
Don’t cry wolf in sheep’s clothing.
And my personal favorite:
Necessity is the mother of strange bedfellows.
Vinny Paz once said of another boxer “He’s not the sharpest marble in the box.”
ETA: Nevermind, though. That’s not exactly what you were looking for.
Holy shit!
Don’t look a dead horse in the mouth.
If you’re gonna make an omelet, you gotta break a few legs.
That’s the way the cookie bounces.
Why don’t you take a dirt nap off a short pier?
From the song “Past the Point of No Return” from Phantom of the Opera:
The bridge is crossed, so stand and watch it burn
“He’s not the sharpest bulb in the Westinghouse lineup”