Don’t get your nose in an uproar
Posted: August 31, 2012 Filed under: ACTION, BODY PARTS | Tags: blended idioms, bowels in an uproar, expressions, malaphors, mixed idioms, nose, words Leave a commentThis is a mash up of “nose out of joint” (hurt feelings or plans upset) and “don’t get your bowels in an uproar” (overly anxious or excited), with the speaker replacing “bowels” with “nose”. Both idioms indicate extreme emotion and facial expression which may have added to the confusion. Oh, and the confused words, “bowels” and “nose”, both smell.
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