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I dropped the boat on that one

Posted: December 15, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: ACTION, ball, boat, drop, THINGS | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |6 Comments

This is a terrific congruent conflation of “missed the boat” and “dropped the ball”, both meaning to have made an error or mistake.  Maybe the speaker was experiencing an earworm of that 1974 song “Rock the Boat” by the one hit wonder group Hues Corporation.   In any event, this double whammy can be used to describe the mother of all mistakes.  A big thanks to Marcia Riefer Johnston who sent this one in and is a new malaphor follower.  By the way, she has a great website, http://writing.rocks.  Check it out!

6 Comments on “I dropped the boat on that one”

  1. Marcia Riefer Johnston's avatar Marcia Riefer Johnston says:
    December 15, 2014 at 7:39 pm

    David, your acknowledgment brought me a smile today. Keep the malaphors coming!

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  2. Marcia Riefer Johnston's avatar Marcia Riefer Johnston says:
    December 15, 2014 at 7:40 pm

    Tweet this URL.

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  3. Marcia Riefer Johnston's avatar Marcia Riefer Johnston says:
    December 15, 2014 at 7:41 pm

    Sorry, David—meant to email that note to myself!

    Marcia

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  4. Marcia Riefer Johnston's avatar Marcia Riefer Johnston says:
    December 15, 2014 at 11:44 pm

    Dave, do you have a Twitter handle? If so, I’ll include it in my tweets. (I searched and didn’t find you.)

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  5. davemalaphor's avatar davemalaphor says:
    December 16, 2014 at 9:43 pm

    @davemalaphor

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  6. Quote from Harry Moffer & the Dumbest Story Ever! | She Reviews Everything says:
    December 19, 2014 at 1:21 pm

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