They blew it out of the park
Posted: October 27, 2012 Filed under: ACTION, THINGS | Tags: blended idioms, expressions, hit one out of the park, malaphors, mixed idioms, words 2 CommentsHeard on HGTV’s Kitchen Cousins by faithful follower Yvonne: “they blew it out of the park” for an excellent new kitchen. This is a mash up of “hit it out of the park” and “blew it out of the water” (both meaning outstanding achievement). Wow, what a kitchen!
I was thinking it was a mash up of “hit it out of the park” and “blew out of the water”
You are of course correct! I will amend the post.