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Take The Bull By The Hand And Avoid Mixed Metaphors.
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Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixed metaphors.
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Keep your ear to the grindstone, your nose to the ground, take the bull by the horns of a dilemma, and stop mixing your metaphors.
-- Grammar rules for the unenlightened...
William Safire's Rules for Writers: Remember to never split an infinitive.
The passive voice should never be used. Do not put statements in the negative form....
Mixed metaphors are a pain in the ass and ought to be thrown out the window. -- Writing Rule 27
Avoid tumbling off the cliff of triteness into the black abyss of overused metaphors.
-- Grammar rules for the unenlightened...
Some people take the bull by the horns--others shoot it.
You ought to take the bull between the legs.
Metaphors be with you!