Re: Mixing metaphors?

[Mike Starr <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com>]

That's a horse of a different feather <grin>.
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Gene Kim-Eng wrote:
> I've always found the etymology of common colloquialisms fascinating.  
> However, what IMO would be more useful would be a catalog of their 
> various misinterpretations.  I'm sure that somewhere in human history 
> there must be at keast one instance of a war resulting from a 
> poorly-chosen metaphor.
> 
> Gene Kim-Eng
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Starr" <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com>
>> Because I've seen a number of interpretations of the phrase, I looked 
>> up the idiom on Wiktionary: 
>> http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/double-edged_sword
> 
> 
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