I just barely scratched the tip of the iceberg
Posted: February 18, 2026 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Epstein files, expressions, humor, language, malaphors, Maxwell Frost, mixed idioms, MS Now, The Last Word, Trump, words Leave a commentOn the MS NOW show, The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, Congressman Maxwell Frost was talking about going to the Justice Department and conducting a two-hour review of the unredacted Epstein files. Frost then uttered this nice congruent conflation of “barely scratching the surface” and “tip of the iceberg”, both referring to the beginning of a much larger issue or problem. Considering there are 3 million files, I think the Congressman’s description is accurate. A big thank you to Ron MacDonald for hearing this one and sending it in!

The doors are closing in
Posted: November 16, 2019 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: doors are closing, Gregory Meeks, humor, idioms, language, malaphors, The Last Word, Trump, walls are closing in Leave a commentGregory Meeks (D-NY) said this one on “Ths Last Word” – “…the Republicans have no way out, the doors are closing in…” It is a congruent conflation of “the walls are closing in” and “the doors are closing”, both meaning running out of time and the end is nearing. Doors and walls can be confusing. A big thanks to Frank King for hearing this one and sending it in.

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