She raked his name over the coals

My wife interrupted one of my rants the other night to point out that I had uttered a malaphor.  Of course I immediately stopped blabbering and wrote it down.  This one is a bit subtle, combining “rake him over the coals” (to scold) and “drag his name through the mud” (disparage someone publicly).  One positive about getting older is that it comes with more malaphors.