It’s a changing of the torch
Posted: November 21, 2012 Filed under: ACTION, guard, THINGS, torch | Tags: blended idioms, changing of the guard, expressions, malaphors, mixed idioms, passing the torch, torch, words Leave a commentThis is a conflation of “changing of the guard” and “passing the torch” (both meaning passing responsibility to someone else). The context is timely. John C., a loyal malaphor follower, heard this one at work. When he asked a fellow employee what he was doing for Thanksgiving, the colleague responded, “I am going to my son’s house this year. It’s a changing of the torch and I hope it continues.”
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