That was a breath of relief!
Posted: December 8, 2012 Filed under: ACTION, breathe, THINGS | Tags: blended idioms, breath of fresh air, breathe a sigh of relief, expressions, malaphors, mixed idioms, words Leave a comment
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This apparently common mash-up (hundreds of hits on google) of “breathe a sigh of relief” and “breath of fresh air” was found in the Michigan Quarterly article referred in “Articles” on my website and also in Michael Erard’s book, “Um. . .: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean.”
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