We all know that Kevin Rudd loves a metaphor just as much as an alcoholic loves a 4L goon of cheap white wine so here’s GrodsCorp’s ongoing project to collect Krudd’s favourite metaphors, similes and cliches. Email any that you come across (along with a link, if possible) to grodscorp (at) grods (dot) com.

* “Throwing the fair go out the back door” (stab thumb over shoulder)

* “We’ve reached a fork in the road”

* “Bridge the gap” (link)

* “Burn the midnight oil” (link)

* “Roll the sleeves up” (link)

* “it’s time to turn a new page” (link)

* “prepared to put in the hard yards” (link)

* “I intend not to use COAG as a whipping boy, I have no interest in allowing COAG to become the dead horse. I want it to be a workhorse not a dead horse, I don’t want to whip it - I just want to stroke it gently.” (link)

* “It’s time to shake the tree a bit and see what the nation’s got to offer.” (link)

* “The key thing is to build a bridge with indigenous Australia through an apology, through saying sorry because that bridge is halfway to respect, to restoring respect.” (link)