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It was so cold my lips were chattering

Posted: August 21, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: BODY PARTS, lips, tooth | Tags: , , , , , , , , |1 Comment

And my teeth were blue?  This is a wacky mixture of “teeth are chattering” and “lips are blue”, both describing being extremely cold.  A big thank you to Steve Grieme for hearing this one from his son on a recent family vacation and sending it to Malaphor Central!

One Comment on “It was so cold my lips were chattering”

  1. dikdikpellek's avatar dikdikpellek says:
    August 21, 2013 at 11:59 am

    Sometimes the malaphors are better than the original cliches.

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