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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def check_misc(text):
 """Avoid mixing metaphors. source: Garner's Modern American Usage source_url: http://bit.ly/1T4alrY """

    err = "mixed_metaphors.misc.misc"
    msg = u"Mixed metaphor. Try '{}'."

    preferences = [

        ["cream rises to the top",    ["cream rises to the crop"]],
        ["fasten your seatbelts",     ["button your seatbelts"]],
        ["a minute to decompress",    ["a minute to decompose"]],
        ["sharpest tool in the shed", ["sharpest marble in the (shed|box)"]],
        ["not rocket science",        ["not rocket surgery"]],
    ]

    return preferred_forms_check(text, preferences, err, msg)