All your eggs lined up
Posted: July 25, 2012 Filed under: ANIMALS, FOOD, PLACES | Tags: ducks, eggs, expressions, malaphor, mixed idiom, scrambled eggs, words 4 CommentsThis is a mix-up of “lining up your ducks in a row” and “all your eggs in one basket”. Since ducks lay eggs, does the mind want to “scramble” eggs and ducks?
Malaphors 
It’s like shooting ducks in a barrel.
Yes, a good one Michael and I will add to my list. The mind thinks shooting galleries at an arcade that often use metal ducks. Also, fish and ducks both swim, hence the mix-up.
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Today at work, a coworker said put all your eggs in one basket to a client on the phone. It was so cute. Speaking of barnyard animals, someone once said to me, “Oh! So the horse is on the other foot now.”