He’s a wild cannon

Posted: December 10, 2018 | Author: davemalaphor | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: expressions, humor, loose cannon, malaphor, malaphors, wild card, wordplay, words | 2 Comments

This was heard in a court proceeding. It is a congruent conflation of “wild card” and “loose cannon”, both describing someone or something as unpredictable. A big thanks to Sam Edelmann who heard this one and passed it on.

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