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  1. he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn if it was staring him in the face
  2. take that to the bank and smoke it
  3. make like a tree and leave it up to someone else
  4. don't count your chickens before the cows come home
  5. don't count your chickens before they cross the road
  6. I'm the lowest on the pecking pole
  7. the luck stops here
  8. back of the seat of the envelope calculation
  9. six and one and a half dozen of another
  10. wake up and smell the butter
  11. there's something fishy in the state of Denmark
  12. going to hell in a handbag
  13. never lick a gift horse in the mouth (Mr. B)
  14. an ounce of pretention's worth a pound of manure (Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias)
  15. my hair was on the edge of its seat
  16. that's the icing on the camel's back
  17. out of the pot and into the kettle
  18. you're all wet behind the ears
  19. even a blind sow gets an acorn every now and then
  20. deaf as a post
  21. like oil and water, chalk and cheese, but still two peas in a pod
  22. there's more than nine ways to skin a cat
  23. . . . when we come back we'll have the tape of the tail that wagged the dog
  24. all talk and no cattle
  25. stood out like a sore tooth
  26. no rest for the wicked
  27. quiet as a mouse dropping a pinful of angels
  28. close enough for rocket science
  29. Well, that took the thunder out of his sails
  30. He's still green behind the ears
  31. That's killing the cat with two stones
  32. That was like pulling hen's teeth
  33. And if the dog didn't stop to smell the roses, he would've caught the rabbit.

    the following are from a collection of statements by British football (soccer) announcers.

  34. We threw our dice into the ring and turned up trumps.
  35. Beckenbauer really has gambled all his eggs.
  36. Celtic manager Davie Hay still has a fresh pair of legs up his sleeve.
  37. Souness gave Fleck a second chance and he grabbed it with both feet.
  38. They have missed so many chances they must be wringing their heads in shame.
  39. Many clubs have a question mark in the shape of an axe-head hanging over them.
  40. Tottenham have impressed me. They haven't thrown in the towel even though they have been under the gun.
  41. Dumbarton player Steve McCahill has limped off with a badly cut forehead.
  42. It was that game that put the Everton ship back on the road.
  43. Bobby Robson must be thinking of throwing some fresh legs on.
  44. Celtic were at one time nine points ahead, but somewhere along the road, their ship went off the rails.
  45. In terms of the Richter Scale this defeat was a force eight gale.
  46. Being naturally right-footed he doesn't often chance his arm with his left foot.
  47. What I said to them at half time would be unprintable on the radio.
  48. I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel
  49. They have got their feet on the ground and if they stay that way they will go places.

Steve Lautenschlager -- steve@cambiaresearch.com