December 8, 2025 1:21 pm
This was heard in a conversation about medical treatment without data to rely on. It is a mix of “flying blind” (working on intuition or guesswork instead of data) and “working without a net” (to take action that is risky or otherwise does not provide safety). Almost a congruent conflation but not quite, but both idioms involve working without any certainty. The speaker may have been thinking of flying acrobats with no net underneath. A big thanks to Tom Justice for sending this one in!
Posted by davemalaphor
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Tags: blended idioms, expressions, humor, language, malaphors, mixed idioms, words
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What about Frankie Avalon?
By barryeigen112 on December 8, 2025 at 4:50 pm
What about Frankie Avalon?
By barryeigen112 on December 8, 2025 at 4:50 pm
OK, I’m dense. What’s the Frankie Avalon reference to this malaphor?
By davemalaphor on December 9, 2025 at 10:58 am
Annette (a net) Funicello and Frankie Avalon. Sheesh. Am I that old?
By barryeigen112 on December 9, 2025 at 11:57 am
Not at all. I’m just not that quick… (however an Annette Funicello reference is pretty old school).
By davemalaphor on December 9, 2025 at 12:05 pm