It serves the trick
Posted: June 1, 2020 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: does the trick, expressions, humor, language, malaphor, serves the purpose, words Leave a commentThe speaker was assessing the suitability of some household item for another purpose. This is a congruent conflation of “does the trick” and “serves the (a) purpose”, both meaning to achieve a desired result. Might also be a bridge game malaphor. A big thanks to Chief Malaphor Hunter Martin Pietrucha for hearing this one.
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