Elephant poaching is over the roof
Posted: October 29, 2013 Filed under: roof | Tags: Barbara Baker, blended idioms, elephant, expressions, humor, language, malaphors, mixed idioms, over the top, Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, Poaching, through the roof, words Leave a comment
African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) in Pittsburgh Zoo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This malaphor combines two expressions concerning high numbers – “through the roof” (increasing very quickly) and “over the top”. Barbara Baker, President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Zoo, made this comment in reference to the increase in elephant poaching. Many thanks to Sam Edelmann who heard this on the radio last week.
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