You’ve got the whole world of your oysters right here

This one was overheard at breakfast. A couple were talking about where to live. This is a congruent conflation of “the world is your oyster” and “the whole world at your fingertips”, meaning you can do or have anything you want in life. The spiritual “He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands” may also have been on the speaker’s mind. Perhaps he/she was having seafood at breakfast as well? A big round of applause to Lou Pugliese for hearing this malaphor and sending it in!



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