Strap your ears on
Posted: January 31, 2024 Filed under: Uncategorized 3 CommentsAt the start of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, Buck tells listeners to “strap your ears on” for a jam-packed show. This is a congruent conflation of “strap in” and “perk up your ears”, both meaning to stay alert, get ready and pay attention. Another big thanks to Verbatim, a regular malaphor contributor, for hearing this one and sending it in!
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That’s a good one judge… I think I heard one the other day….”you have to thread a pretty narrow window”..by Andy Blocker talking to Tyler Matheson of CNBC (The Exchange) about immigration policy. Mesh of “thread the needle” and “narrow window of opportunity”? Also, thanks for sending me Sue’s itinerary…. we can come out out there in early/mid May for about a week…have you heard anything more from her? We would get a car and hotel in Wexford…Costco offers a package that includes flights, hotel, and car. Let me know what time is best for you. Love, John (“In your heart you know he’s right”)
“Got your ears on?” may be related. I think it’s CB talk.
I think you’re right. Certainly in the mix.