When the shit hits the bed

An employee was talking about an acquistion of a piece of equipment to displace an unreliable vendor. The speaker meant to say “when the shit hits the fan” but brought “bed” into the conversation. This is a mashup of “when the shit hits the fan” (a situation suddenly causes a lot of trouble for someone) and “he shit the bed” (to fail or completely mess up in a situation). It’s pretty obvious what word caused the mental mixup. This one reminds me of one of the Malaphors of the Year, “my old car shit the bucket”. https://malaphors.com/2019/01/18/my-old-car-shit-the-bucket/ A big thank you to Sandor Kovacs for hearing this one and sending it in.