The loopholes you have to jump through

Gordon Smart, the former editor of the Scottish Sun said in the News Agents podcast on Sep. 21: “The loopholes you have to jump through” in reference to the legal challenges British journalists face when publishing potentially libellous content. The malaphor is a combo of “Jumping through hoops” (an extremely difficult process) and “loophole” (a way of bypassing the intention of the law while sticking to the letter of the law). “Loop” and “hoop” rhymes, and are also both circles, creating the mental mixup. lYou can hear this gem at 23m19s here:

 https://open.spotify.com/episode/2v1TJp7PJr9HS6BWAvk8Zy?si=ogjfV701Q66Lvj1K0KTjzA 

A tip of the toque to JB Dutton for hearing this one and sending it in.