Finding a doctor on the weekend is kind of touch or miss
Posted: May 22, 2015 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: expressions, hit or miss, humor, language, malaphor, malaphors, touch and go, words Leave a commentThis perfectly formed malaphor was uttered by a hospital nurse. It is a mash up of “hit or miss” (at random, haphazardly) and “touch and go” (chancy). Touching is just a mild form of hitting so I can see where the speaker became confused. The two phrases also describe a thing likely not to occur. Thanks to Deb Mande for hearing this one and sending it in!
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