He’s really having his day in the shade
Posted: March 16, 2013 Filed under: shade, sun | Tags: blended idioms, day in the sun, expressions, humor, language, made in the shade, malaphors, mixed idioms, shade, sun, words 3 CommentsKudos to Buzz McClain who heard this one from a broadcaster who was commenting on the success of a basketball player. It is a mash up of “made in the shade” and “day in the sun”. My guess is that the speaker is from Pittsburgh, as the sun rarely shows its face around here. I particularly like this one for the rhyming aspect and the mix of sun and shade.
Malaphors 
piece of pie, easy as cake
hating the sun, and loving Pittsburgh, I’m going to start using this.
Me too