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Got a favorite malaphor?
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Got a favorite malaphor?
My stepson just sent me a link to a Fb page where I learned that malaphors are what you call a kind of word play I fall into all the time.  A "malaphor" can be defined as an informal term for a mixture of two aphorisms, idioms, or clichés (such as "We'll burn that bridge when we come to it").

A favorite exclamation of excitement of mine is "Holy moly, mother of pearl!"

Others I read at that site include: "They can wait until the cows freeze over"; "You've opened this can of worms, now lie in it"; "When in Rome, there's no place like home"; and "Let's kill one bird with two stones".

You get the idea.  Got any you use or like?
"Talk nonsense, but talk your own nonsense, and I'll kiss you for it. To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's. 
F. D.
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Got a favorite malaphor?
I try to avoid cliches like the plague.
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Got a favorite malaphor?
"When in Rome, the Greek had a word for it."
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#4

Got a favorite malaphor?
Does the Pope shit in the woods?

If it's not one thing, it's your mother.
“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. 
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
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#6

Got a favorite malaphor?
If wishes were horses rats are jumping the ship.
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#7

Got a favorite malaphor?
(12-04-2019, 03:15 PM)no one Wrote:


I can't quite make out what the old bartender says about people in glass houses.  Did you catch that?
"Talk nonsense, but talk your own nonsense, and I'll kiss you for it. To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's. 
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#8

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People in glass houses sink ships.
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#9

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If I've told you once that should be enough.
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(12-04-2019, 03:30 PM)Dancefortwo Wrote: If wishes were horses rats are jumping the ship.


I don't think I know where the "..rats are jumping the ship" part comes from.  Is there a saying that ends tat way?
"Talk nonsense, but talk your own nonsense, and I'll kiss you for it. To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's. 
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#11

Got a favorite malaphor?
Not the same, but my favorite:
No good deed goes unpunished.
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Got a favorite malaphor?
(12-04-2019, 05:36 PM)skyking Wrote: Not the same, but my favorite:
No good deed goes unpunished.


I'd count it but more importantly I like and use it too.
"Talk nonsense, but talk your own nonsense, and I'll kiss you for it. To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's. 
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Got a favorite malaphor?
(12-04-2019, 05:36 PM)Mark Wrote:
(12-04-2019, 03:30 PM)Dancefortwo Wrote: If wishes were horses rats are jumping the ship.


I don't think I know where the "..rats are jumping the ship" part comes from.  Is there a saying that ends tat way?
Rats leave a ship when it's sinking. Until then you can't get rid of them. "Fleeing like rats deserting a sinking ship" is where this one comes from.
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#14

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I don't care for mixed metaphors.
On hiatus.
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#15

Got a favorite malaphor?
I nurture them in a window box.
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#16

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Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.
Give a man a bank and he can rob the world.
You know, living in hell is a lot more boring than I thought it would be.
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#17

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A Pentagon staffer, complaining that efforts to reform the military have been too timid:
"It's just ham-fisted salami-slicing by the bean counters."
I'm a creationist;   I believe that man created God.
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(12-04-2019, 09:00 PM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I don't care for mixed metaphors.
I like my metaphors like I like my ships, on the rocks.
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(12-04-2019, 09:05 PM)skyking Wrote: I nurture them in a window box.
Try that with a nutria.
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(12-04-2019, 10:42 PM)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(12-04-2019, 09:00 PM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I don't care for mixed metaphors.
I like my metaphors like I like my ships, on the rocks.

Figures.
On hiatus.
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Got a favorite malaphor?
(12-04-2019, 11:38 PM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(12-04-2019, 10:42 PM)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(12-04-2019, 09:00 PM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I don't care for mixed metaphors.
I like my metaphors like I like my ships, on the rocks.

Figures.
Hey, if it's good enough for the USN...
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(12-04-2019, 09:47 PM)Kaneda Wrote: Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.
Give a man a bank and he can rob the world.

Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day.
Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.

Big Grin
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I love metaphors. But I hate it when I metaphor sex and it doesn't pan out.
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(12-05-2019, 01:53 AM)TheGentlemanBastard Wrote:
(12-04-2019, 09:47 PM)Kaneda Wrote: Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.
Give a man a bank and he can rob the world.

Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day.
Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.

Big Grin


Forgot about that one.  A big fave!
"Talk nonsense, but talk your own nonsense, and I'll kiss you for it. To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's. 
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Got a favorite malaphor?
(12-05-2019, 01:56 AM)TheGentlemanBastard Wrote: I love metaphors. But I hate it when I metaphor sex and it doesn't pan out.


Lost me.  I may be having a senior moment .. for the rest of my life.
"Talk nonsense, but talk your own nonsense, and I'll kiss you for it. To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's. 
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