Fractured metaphors

[laladonny]

"He couldn't find his way out of a paper bag if it bit him."

"They dropped the apple cart, now it's up to us to get it back on the tracks."

"That didn't work out, so I guess we're just AOL."

"We'll be done by the schedule date, maybe later."

"He turned beet white."

"We are going to have to put all our oars in the fire for this project."

"You know...you can't skin two cats with one bird..."

"Our unemployed are working fewer and fewer hours!"

"That really throws a monkey at the wrench..."

"Let's get right down to the gnat's meow."

"She's not the brightest tree in the forest."

"We've got lower-hanging fish to fry."

"We've got to nix this thing in the bud."

"I could almost see the light at the end of the rainbow."

"If you can't get those parts in time, that'll really put a wrinkle in your feather."

"'Usually' only counts in horseshoes."

"You're trying to move a mountain with a molehill."

"Too many cooks in the pot."

"I'm going to sweep this mess under the floor."

"You're getting too clever for your own boots!"

"Then I figured that something was rotten in Denver."

My supervisor stated that another manager had him in her "shorthairs."

"Open your mouth and shut your ears when I'm talking to you."