That’s off the cards

Hala Gorani, an NBC correspondent in the Middle East, said this one on the All In with Chris Hayes podcast. She was talking about the settlement being worked on between Hamas and Israel. She started to say the correct metaphor (“that’s not in the cards”) but then grabs the malaphor. It’s a mashup of “not in the cards” (not likely to happen) and “off the table” (withdrawn or no longer available). The malaphor can be heard at 40:55:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-in-with-chris-hayes/id1314170606?i=1000654886140

A big thanks to Frank King for hearing this one and sending it in!