# The greatest actress since slice bread... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042 "2003-09-22T06:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shai\_tan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Shai\_tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shai_tan)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/1 "2003-09-22T06:59:50Z")
I love mixed metaphors, and such. What are your faves? Mine is “sh\*t or get off the fence.” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/2 "2003-09-22T07:32:28Z")
“Let’s make like a tree and get the hell out of here!” ---
**Author:** ![Mayfield\_St.Cloud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@Mayfield\_St.Cloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayfield_St.Cloud)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/3 "2003-09-22T11:25:40Z")
“Sounds fishy to me.” ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/4 "2003-09-22T11:29:43Z")
That should be “sliced” bread. You don’t want to misspell your mixed metaphors - otherwise you’d be up a tree without a paddle. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/5 "2003-09-22T11:35:10Z")
I’ve got an ace up my nose. Do you follow where I’m coming from? ---
**Author:** ![Baggins111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Baggins111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baggins111)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/6 "2003-09-22T11:37:05Z")
We’ve got to watch them like a horse. A guy at work actually said that. I laughed until I cried. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/7 "2003-09-22T12:18:52Z")
About as organized as a Can full of Monkeys. [Hijack, but related, I swear] I worked with a yugoslavian woman who spoke english beautifully. Only once in all the years that I knew her did she mix up something. She was spazzing out on something and mixed her metaphors. Instead of saying, " I’m a nervous wreck." or " I’m going to hell in a handbasket." She said, " I’m a nervous basket." We, naturally, burst out laughing until we cried. We never let her forget it either. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/8 "2003-09-22T13:46:49Z")
I like “he drinks like a chimney” or “he smokes like a fish.” Always gets a raised eyebrow, especially if you say it in a Gracie Allen voice. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/9 "2003-09-22T13:57:26Z")
“That’s a whole 'nuther ball of worms.” I actually used this one a few weeks ago. Heard it on TV a long time ago. “Like shooting monkeys in a barrel.” “A card short of a full house.” ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/10 "2003-09-22T14:05:56Z")
Oh, oh—“Running around like a wild Indian with his head cut off!” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/11 "2003-09-22T15:09:50Z")
My neighbor used to tell me she was as pleased as pink punch which, of course, tickled me greatly. ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/12 "2003-09-22T16:19:36Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > \*\* I’m a nervous basket._\* Har de har har! That will be the new default in my house! Thanks for that **Shirley** My boss said this one day, about a potential new client, to the great hilarity of everyone else at the meeting “She sat there looking like putty wouldn’t melt in her mouth” ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/13 "2003-09-22T18:16:40Z")
I’ve always been partial to “not the sharpest bulb in the drawer.” That and ‘brightest knife.’ ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/14 "2003-09-22T20:19:15Z")
Does the Pope shit in the woods? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/15 "2003-09-23T06:31:20Z")
“I’ll burn that bridge when I come to it!” ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/16 "2003-09-23T12:37:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ccwaterback \* > \*\*Does the Pope shit in the woods? \*\* If he does, it’s the one time I hope I can’t see the wood for the trees. One I heard the other day…“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket before you leap”. My friend intended it to mean that one should always have an escape route when embarking on a tough job, but… It actually makes sense in its own warped way. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/17 "2003-09-23T13:07:59Z")
_“I have not yet begun to give up the ship!”_ OK, so I’ve never heard anyone else say that, but I thought it was exceedingly clever when I first said it. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/18 "2003-09-24T13:49:22Z")
I don’t have a rat in this race. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-actress-since-slice-bread/203042/19 "2003-09-24T16:54:52Z")
From my brother, Sam: “That’s water over the bridge.”