Mixed Metaphors

[oggbashan]

From 'Many a True Word' collected by Denys Parsons published 1958 by Macdonald and Co:

He finds himself in a dual position and may not know through which horn of the dilemma he could sound his trumpet. [Nigerian Paper]

Even members of the press have gone out of their way to rub in the bitter pill. [Bristol Paper]

Let us nip this political monkey business in the bud before it sticks to us like a leech. [Letter in San Francisco Chronicle]

The great white elephant which is slowly emerging from the chrysalis at the end of Sepoy Lines has yet to be opened. [Malayan Paper]

The rich man's motor may sow the seed of the class war, but the landlord's horse yielded the milk of human kindness. [Bradford Paper]

A representative said that people saw in the movement a real big octopus which would put its wing around them and swallow them up. [Essex Paper]

 

[Stella_Omega]

I really like "sounding the trumpet through one horn of a dilemma," it suggests a solution to that same dilemma-- rip the horn off and blow hard

And an elephant emerging from a chrysalis is a most enchanting notion!

 

[oggbashan]

It appears to us that Mr Dewey would have been wielding a double-edged sword in the shape of a boomerang that would have come home to plague him and beat him by a large majority. [Northampton (Mass) Hampshire Gazette]

It is the new magistrates who have broken the ice, and the supporters of both camps are curiously watching to see if they will find themselves in hot water. [Liverpool Echo]

Mr Lloyd George, partron saint of the Liberal Party, was a very astute gentleman with both ears glued to the ground. Naturally he could not see very far ahead. [Scottish Paper]

Had this one met a Literotica troll?

This criticism is not open, as Britishers would be, and consequently is difficult to nail down, but, like a snake in the grass, is whispered behind a hand which covers a sneering face. [Letter in Rugeley Mercury]

 

[PayDay]

Nice

Stuff like this is at the top of the 'Most fun you can have with words' list. The problem I've come across is that when you do things like these intentionally, everyone wants to tell you how you should not.

Some impulses require no consideration.

 

[Verdad]

Mr Lloyd George, partron saint of the Liberal Party, was a very astute gentleman with both ears glued to the ground. Naturally he could not see very far ahead. [Scottish Paper]

Well, that one's perfectly logical.