Don’t let any moss grow under your feet
Posted: December 19, 2014 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: a rolling stone gathers no moss, don't let the grass grow under your feet, expressions, humor, language, malaphor, malaphors, mixed idioms, words 3 CommentsThis excellent malaphor is a mash up of “don’t let the grass grow under your feet” and “a rolling stone gathers no moss”, both proverbs meaning to not stand idle and be productive. Good foot hygiene also comes to mind with this phrase. A big thank you to Marcia Riefer Johnston for unintentionally blurting this one out! As she said, “a rolling stone barged into my brain” when saying the malaphor.
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Hope others get as big a smile from my blooper as I did. Thanks for sharing it, Dave.
I just used this malaphor in an email. I had no trouble remembering “A rolling stone gathers no moss,” but was having trouble remembering “No grass grows under her feet.” I like “No moss grows under their feet!” 😀
Agree Joan. Sometimes the malaphor is better than the original.