Many years ago in a Readers Digest publication called Word Power (1980), I came across an article called Are You a Skid-Talker, by Corey Ford. I've managed to keep that publication for all these years. The article is about something Corey Ford calls skid-talk. To me it sounds a lot like mixed metaphores, but I like the term Skid-talk better. Corey Ford says, "Skid-talk is more than a slip of the tongue, it is a slip of the mind." I've got a lot of mileage out of this article, and I've tried to record other phrases in the margins that fit the description of skid-talk. Here are a few that I've managed to record. I will share more with you when I review the article and look through my notes.

Don't count your penneys before they hatch.
You hit the nose on the head.
Little britches have big ears.