No turn on right
Posted: July 13, 2012 Filed under: ACTION | Tags: jumbled phrase, malaphor, mixed idiom Leave a comment
This might be one we have all said after driving all day and the mind has turned to mush. One sees the ubiquitous sign “no turn on red”, processes that as not being able to turn right on a red light, and mumbles, “Crap, no turn on right”.
He’ll do anything at the drop of a bucket
Posted: July 11, 2012 Filed under: bucket, CLOTHING, drop, hat, THINGS | Tags: jumbled phrase, malaphor, mixed idiom 2 Comments
I think the brain twists drop and kick together and comes up with this excellent malaphor. I have heard this one several times so the synapse must be weak….
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