Don’t run around the bush

Posted: August 1, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: ACTION, PLACES | Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

This beauty is a mix – up of “don’t beat around the bush”  and “don’t give me the run around” , both idioms meaning don’t be so evasive.  Because the meanings are very similar, the malaphor is a common one.  I have heard it 4 or 5 times over the years.   In fact, this one is so subtle that you might miss it when it is uttered.

All your eggs lined up

Posted: July 25, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: ANIMALS, FOOD, PLACES | Tags: , , , , , , | 4 Comments

This is a mix-up of “lining up your ducks in a row” and “all your eggs in one basket”.  Since ducks lay eggs, does the mind want to “scramble” eggs and ducks?

Out of our price league

Posted: July 18, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: PLACES, THINGS | Tags: , | 2 Comments

 

I heard this one years ago when a chain of stores called “Price Club” existed.  I imagine that may have prompted today’s malaphor, a mixture of “not in my price range” and “out of my league”.   Both indicate something unattainable.  Maybe the combination means it REALLY is unattainable?

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