I was painted into a wall
Posted: February 2, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: back against the wall, expressions, humor, language, malaphor, malaphors, painted into a corner, words Leave a commentThis is a nice congruent conflation of “painted into a corner” and “back against the wall”, both describing being in a hard-pressed situation. A wall mural painting might also have crept into the recesses of the speaker’s mind. Who knows? Many thanks to Elly Pietrucha who mistakenly uttered this one and passed it on!
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