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That really burns my goat!

Posted: August 13, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: ACTION, ANIMALS | Tags: , , , , , , |Leave a comment

It appears this is a mash up of “gets my goat’ (annoys me) and “burns me up” (makes me mad).  Both idioms have similar meanings and are both three sentences long.  I can guarantee that no animals were hurt or killed in the course of using this malaphor.

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