Dr. Zeke Emanuel on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports was talking about some of the problems associated with the response to the corona virus, and uttered this gem.  It is a congruent conflation of “skating on thin ice” and “sailing close to the wind”, both meaning to do something risky or dangerous.  Skating and sailing are the culprits here.  A big thanks to David Stephens for hearing this one and sending it in.

Did you enjoy this one?  If so you might like the book on malaphors, “He Smokes Like a Fish and other Malaphors”, available on Amazon now.  Since you are quarantined, what else do you have to do?