mixed metaphor of the week?

[Wilson Gray]

As Judge Milian might say, "What _on God's green acres_ could cause
someone to say that?

-Wilson

On 1/2/07, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> from an medical support group e-mail list:
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> "That's a horse of a very different feather"
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> LH
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