Even a six-foot pole would be pushing it, frankly.

[keltena]

I've reached the figurative language section of my linguistics textbook, and it is objectively the best part of the book so far because it includes this beautiful list of mixed metaphors.

She grabbed the bull by the horns, and ran with it.
I’ve hit the nail on the jackpot.
I’m shooting from the seat of my pants.
You’re pulling my leg over my eyes.
I’m flying by the edge of my seat.
Beware my friend . . . you are skating on hot water.
I would not trust him with a ten-foot pole.
We’re robbing Peter to pay the piper.
I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.

I can't get over "wouldn't trust him with a ten-foot pole". It's so perfectly expressive!

There's also the section on metonymy a page later, which ends simply with: Some theorists suggest that all language is metonymic since words stand for things. That was the point where I put the book down for the day.