Posted: March 9, 2013 | Author: davemalaphor | Filed under: belly, BODY PARTS | Tags: belly up, blended idioms, congruent conflation, expressions, go under, humor, language, malaphors, mixed idioms, words |
The context of this malaphor was in reference to a newly opened restaurant that probably will not survive. This is a congruent conflation of “going belly up” and “going under”, both meaning business failure. Again, direction seems to be the hang up in this one (and many other previously posted ones), and of course that both phrases have the same meaning. A big thank you to Jody Compton for serving this one up!
Posted: December 6, 2012 | Author: davemalaphor | Filed under: ANIMALS, bar, belly, PLACES, pony | Tags: bar jokes, belly up, blended idioms, expressions, malaphors, mixed idioms, pony up, words |
This is a mash up of “pony up” (to pay money) and “belly up to the bar” (approach the bar). The confusion might also involve the phrase “belly up” (go broke) as it also involves the word “up”. Finally, the speaker might be thinking of those “animal goes into the bar” jokes. For example –
A seal walks into a bar. The bartender asks, “What’ll you have?” The seal replies, “Anything but Canadian Club.”
Or maybe this is the one that the speaker was thinking about – A horse goes into a bar. Bartender says, “Why the long face?”
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