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* "Let's swing the bat and see if we can score a touchdown!"  (Problem: sports metaphors are fine, but don't mix baseball and football images)
 
* "Let's swing the bat and see if we can score a touchdown!"  (Problem: sports metaphors are fine, but don't mix baseball and football images)
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* "If George Washington were alive, then he's be rolling over in his grave."  (Problem: one image or other, not both at the same time because he wouldn't be in a grave if he were alive)
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* "If George Washington were alive, then he'd be rolling over in his grave."  (Problem: one image or other, not both at the same time because he wouldn't be in a grave if he were alive)
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Most presidents have been criticized for usijng mixed metaphors.  Here is one by [[George W. Bush]]:
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Most presidents have been criticized for using mixed metaphors.  Here is one by [[George W. Bush]]:
    
*"The senator has got to understand if he's going to have — he can't have it both ways. He can't take the high horse and then claim the low road."<ref>http://www.vbforums.com/archive/index.php/t-318903.html</ref>
 
*"The senator has got to understand if he's going to have — he can't have it both ways. He can't take the high horse and then claim the low road."<ref>http://www.vbforums.com/archive/index.php/t-318903.html</ref>
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