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minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up39·22 days agoMy two favorite malaphors: It’s not rocket surgery. We will burn that bridge when we get to it.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·22 days agoThat’s all water under the fridge at this point.
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·22 days agoNot sure what’s the idiom with “fridge” in it.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·21 days agoThere isn’t one, it’s a malaphor imposter!
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-222 days agoMalaphor, my new favorite word Also: “she looks like she’s been through the run of the mill”
minus-squareHiggs boson@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 days ago“He looks like he fell out of the Ugly Tree and hit every branch on the way down.”
minus-squareHiggs boson@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 days agoI use those both regularly. And people seem totally unable to tell whether I am doing it on purpose.
My two favorite malaphors:
That’s all water under the fridge at this point.
Not sure what’s the idiom with “fridge” in it.
There isn’t one, it’s a malaphor imposter!
Malaphor, my new favorite word Also: “she looks like she’s been through the run of the mill”
“He looks like he fell out of the Ugly Tree and hit every branch on the way down.”
I use those both regularly. And people seem totally unable to tell whether I am doing it on purpose.