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Mixed Metaphors
I am back from my business trip and too tired to write much of any substance. I'm glad I went to the meeting, but it was fairly painful at times. At least I have a reasonably light weekend ahead, so I should be able to get caught up on a number of things, including the backlog here.
In the interest of keeping up with the daily entries for the month, I thought I would pass along two badly mixed metaphors I heard used by the same person at a meeting a few weeks ago. I decided that it was best not to mention the source by name, but I assure you these are actual quotes and the person who said them is a native speaker of English.
1) "You don't want to be the canary getting out in front of the train."
2) "You're the people at the pointy end of the sphere."
In the interest of keeping up with the daily entries for the month, I thought I would pass along two badly mixed metaphors I heard used by the same person at a meeting a few weeks ago. I decided that it was best not to mention the source by name, but I assure you these are actual quotes and the person who said them is a native speaker of English.
1) "You don't want to be the canary getting out in front of the train."
2) "You're the people at the pointy end of the sphere."