Malaphors

Smart as a tack February 1, 2019 - (0)
This is an example of a perfectly formed malaphor. It is a congruent conflation (the best kind of malaphor, imho) of “smart as a whip” and “sharp as a tack”, both describing someone as highly intelligent. Smart and sharp are similar sounding words, and both idioms contain the “as a” words. Also, if you sit […]
My mother could dance you under the table January 31, 2019 - (2)
Starting to make a turn back? January 30, 2019 - (0)
This is the big, 40,000 foot question January 28, 2019 - (0)
I wish I could read between the tea lines January 24, 2019 - (0)

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