Express Yourself...

Some Commonly Mixed-up Expressions:

* "Water under the dam." -- A television news reporter, referring to the Clinton/Gore campaign fundraising issue.

* "Water over the bridge."

* "We'll burn that bridge when we get to it."

* "Your heart is the lifeblood of your body." -- From a radio commercial.

* "Let's nip this in the butt."

* "Let's nibble this in the butt."

* "Don't eat with your mouth full!"

* "I'm not going to let this guy shine on my parade."

* "He's disgusting. He smokes like a fish!"

* "We're killing two birds for the price of one."

* "If it had legs it would have bit you."

* "You'll know it like the back of your head."

* "You can barely see your face in front of your hand!"

* "That's the way the crumble cookies."

* "I don't want to sound like a dead horse."

* "Let's take a wild stab in the back."

* "Around here, it's always feast or phantom." -- A waitress, when it was pointed out that the restaurant was not very busy.

* "If you could get it working I'd be internally grateful." -- From email sent to a web site administrator (no, not the administrator of this one).

* "This is the piece of the puzzle that allows you to paint in the rest of the pie." -- A salesperson, describing a new telephony service.