It could be the turning factor in the game
Posted: February 13, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: deciding factor, expressions, humor, language, malaphor, malaphors, turning point, words Leave a commentAnother gem from the sports world. This one was heard on the local Root sports network in Pittsburgh. During a University of Pittsburgh basketball game, the play by play announcer uttered this malaphor. It is a mash up of “turning point” (a point at which a change of course is possible) and “deciding factor” (that which influences the decision). I like this mixed idiom as it describes the “something” that turns a game around, as opposed to the point in time. A shout out to Kathy Yeskey Vose for hearing this one and sending it in!
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