It’s like shooting ducks in a barrel
Posted: January 16, 2013 Filed under: ACTION, ANIMALS, barrel, duck, shoot, THINGS | Tags: blended idioms, ducks, ducks all in a row, expressions, fish, malaphors, mixed idioms, shooting fish in a barrel, wordplay, words 2 CommentsThis is a mash up of “shooting fish in a barrel” (easy action with guaranteed success) and “all your ducks in a row” (getting everything in order), submitted by a loyal follower, the TruroTattler. Given the enormous amount of google hits, this is a common malaphor, as ducks appear to be as easy a target as fish. Also shooting mechanical ducks in a penny arcade shooting gallery is certainly playing on the mind in this one.
All your eggs lined up
Posted: July 25, 2012 Filed under: ANIMALS, FOOD, PLACES | Tags: ducks, eggs, expressions, malaphor, mixed idiom, scrambled eggs, words 4 CommentsThis 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?
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