Don’t wake up a sleeping dog
Posted: May 29, 2014 Filed under: ACTION, ANIMALS, dog, sleep | Tags: blended idioms, don't wake a sleeping giant, expressions, humor, language, let sleeping dogs lie, malaphor, malaphors, miami heat, mixed idioms, sun-sentinel, words 11 CommentsHere is another beaut from the sports world. Miami Heat center Chris Bosh, commenting on Lance Stephenson of the Pacers trash-talking Lebron James said, “Don’t wake up a sleeping dog. That’s a lesson I learned a long time ago.” This is a great mash-up of “let sleeping dogs lie” (leave something alone that may cause trouble) and “don’t wake a sleeping giant” (something powerful that is not dangerous unless provoked). Confusion lies in the common word “sleeping” and that some dogs can be dangerous if provoked. A big shout out to Justin Taylor for catching this one! Reference is below:
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