It’s as clear as a bone this morning
Posted: September 22, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: clear as a bell, dry as a bone, expressions, humor, KDKA, language, malaphor, malaphors, Pittsburgh, words Leave a commentThat was the weather report from local channel KDKA in Pittsburgh yesterday. This is a mash up of “as dry as a bone” (extremely dry) and “clear as a bell” (very clear). The weatherman was discussing a very clear and dry (little humidity) day and managed to describe both in one nice malaphor! I think this should be in our standard lexicon to describe those beautiful clear, dry days, don’t you? Hats off to Bill Shaffer who heard this beauty.
I am free as a bell
Posted: September 9, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: clear as a bell, expressions, free as a bird, humor, language, malaphor, malaphors, words Leave a commentWith a gala postponed, her calendar was suddenly empty. When her friend asked if she was available on a certain date, the speaker uttered this nice malaphor. This is a conflation of “free as a bird” (completely free to do anything without any worries) and “clear as a bell” (very clear). The similar sounding and looking words “bell” and “bird” no doubt caused the confusion. A shout out to Susan Ivison for saying this one and passing it on!
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