ENGLISH FUN!
"Malaphor": the blending of idioms or clichés; examples:
• We'll burn that bridge when we get to it
• It's not rocket surgery
• He's not the sharpest egg in the attic
• …until the cows freeze over
• You've opened this can of worms, now lie in it
• Does the pope shit in the woods?
Sean Kelly /
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2023-05-27 16:22:31
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