But surely that would be an unfortunate mixing of metaphors as leeches would have red noses from sucking blood, which is what they do...not that they actually have noses either...I mean , not to quibble but that could never be an appropriate Oscar acceptance speech in my eyes, sorry dahling.
I never mix a ****in metaphor! They are leeches who also do brown nosing. Consectutive metaphors, not mixed.