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Today's mangled metaphor - ka jowct - 07-11-2010
Heard on NFL Network, referring to Kurt Warner:
"Everyone realized that the gem in the rough had come home to roost."
(Context: Warner steps in for Trent Green and the rest is history. Rams go from pitiful one season to champs the next.)
Re: Today's mangled metaphor - Mini 9 - 07-11-2010
A real prodigal someone, he was.
Re: Today's mangled metaphor - BillMac - 07-11-2010
Gem. Rooster. It's all six and one-half dozen of the other. I guess you need to go with the lesser of two boll weevils.
Re: Today's mangled metaphor - haikuman - 07-11-2010
I heard the roosters this morning *(:>*
Re: Today's mangled metaphor - Numo - 07-11-2010
It's like shooting fish in a barrel of monkeys.
Re: Today's mangled metaphor - Rick-o - 07-12-2010
I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fool me, you can’t get fooled again.”
Re: Today's mangled metaphor - Black - 07-12-2010
Ammo wrote:
It's like shooting fish in a barrel of monkeys.
But that's a whole 'nuther barrel of worms.
Re: Today's mangled metaphor - tuqqer - 07-12-2010
That metaphor is worth two in the bush.
Re: Today's mangled metaphor - haikuman - 07-12-2010
Fine kettle of fish you got us in this time monkey breath