the last straw in the coffin
Posted: November 22, 2012 Filed under: coffin, nail, PLACES, straw, THINGS | Tags: blended idioms, conflation, expressions, last straw, malaphors, mixed idioms, nail in the coffin, words 3 CommentsThis is a mash up of “the last straw” and “another nail in the coffin” (both meaning the final problem that will lead to a collapse or end). I saw this one on yardflex.com, which is a website about Jamaican issues:
“All respect to Trinidad, but they own more of the country’s assets than we do, selling them Air Jamaica will now be the last straw in the coffin.”
http://www.yardflex.com/archives/005475.html
I AM the malaphor king, mon.
Malaphors 
Love how you explain where each malaphor was found and what two phrases were joined together incorrectly. So interesting.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Thanks Tina! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your beautiful family.
If I could have figured out how, I would have left a picture of Ray Bolger, in costume, with a “R.I.P” caption.