Amuse-bouche:
“I’m exhausted. I was up late last night.”
“Pumping the midnight iron?”
“Yes. Something like that.”
Today’s Wonderful Word: “malaphor.”
Definition: Malaphors, also called “idiom blends” are mixtures of two or more aphorisms, idioms, or clichés.
Etymology: The first recorded use was when writer Lawrence Harrison combined “malapropism” and “metaphor” into “malaphor” in a Washington Post article titled “Searching for Malaphors” (August 6, 1976).
Example: See today’s Amuse-bouche.
“Pumping the midnight iron” is a mixture of “burning the midnight oil” and “pumping iron.” This malaphor MIGHT work if you were up late weight training, but otherwise it is outright confusing.
We’ll burn that bridge when we come to it.
You hit the nail right on the nose.
She really stuck her neck out on a limb.
I can’t make these split-minute decisions.
I can read him like the back of my book.
The sacred cows have come home to roost with a vengeance.
We could stand here and talk until the cows turn blue.
It’s time to step up to the plate and lay your cards on the table.
It sticks out like a sore throat.
It’s like looking for a needle in a hayride.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t eat it too.
Like a duck to riding a bike.
A bird in the hand is worth all your eggs in one basket.
Until the pigs freeze over.
Out like a log.
It’s not rocket surgery.
Answer to Saturday’s riddle:
19
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