Like A Cat Out Of Water

"What he was doing in that meeting I don’t know, he was like a cat out of water"

Origin: Fish out of water + Let the cat out of the bag

Rocket Surgery

 

“You don’t need a degree in rocket surgery to work that out”

Origin: it’s not rocket science + you don’t need a degree in brain surgery to work that out

Wake Up and Smell the Music

"Don't you see what's happening here?...wake up and smell the music"

Origin: Wake Up and Smell the Coffee + Face the Music

Sharpest Cookie in the draw

“His performance was so-so. Let’s face it, he’s not the sharpest cookie in the draw”

Origin: sharp cookie + sharpest knife in the drawer

Moving Beast

They change their minds from one minute to the next, the whole thing is a moving beast.

Origin: moving feast + nature of the beast

As sharp as a button

“A very impressive candidate – as sharp as a button”

Origin: sharp as a knife + bright as a button

Making a meal out of a mountain

“What a drama queen, always making a meal out of a mountain”

Origin: make a mountain out of a molehill + make a meal of it

Meta-crimp

This is an invitation to join me in the world’s first ‘Meta-crimp’. I’ll make a suggestion for the first half of a mixed metaphor & I’d welcome suggestions for the second half. OK, so it’s not crimping in the Booshest sense of the word, but it’s the best description I could come up with. Anyway, here’s the first bit:

You can take a horse to water…

Any takers?

Don’t step on his thunder

“You got to let him get on with it, don’t step on his thunder”

Origin: Step on his toes + Steal his thunder

This one sounds so right, I think I have genuinely used it.

Hell or high tea

“I’ll get that tender in on time, come hell or high tea”

Origin: come hell or high water + high tea