Gem in a haystack
Posted: January 3, 2014 Filed under: gem, haystack, needle | Tags: blended idioms, expressions, hidden gem, hidden jewel, humor, language, malaphors, mixed idioms, needle in a haystack, words Leave a commentThis is a mash up of “needle in a haystack” (something extremely hard to find) and “hidden gem” (an undiscovered talent or place). The phrase actually is a great one in context, where a trip advisor reviewer was relating how he had discovered a great restaurant:
Thanks to Lou Pugliese for sending this one in!
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