He has his act in order
Posted: October 30, 2015 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: expressions, get one's act together, humor, language, malaphor, malaphors, mixed idioms, put one's house in order, words Leave a commentI heard this one on this week’s Monday Night Football game, uttered by the play by play announcer, Mike Tirico. It is a mash up of “put one’s house in order” (put one’s personal or business affairs into good order) and “get one’s act together” (get organized or start to behave more appropriately). I almost missed it as it is subtle and sounds almost correct, both signs of a great malaphor.
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