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Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netBanned to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Malaphores

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Malaphores

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Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netBanned to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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    That’s a really tough nut to swallow

    • FreshLight@sh.itjust.works
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      Lmao

      You won.

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    Daffy Duck one said, “You buttered your bread, now sleep in it.” And 10 year old me couldn’t stop laughing.

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    This makes me so happy, thanks for teaching me a word

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    i’n not the brightest bulb in the shed, but i sure am the sharpest!

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    I had a boss who said:
    “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t suck his ass to make him drink.”
    I… I just… Can’t.

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    I used to say “we’ll burn that bridge when we get to it.” all the time! People didn’t like it though.

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    Malaphors? I call these Rickyisms.

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      It’s all water under the fridge.

      • Orbituary@lemmy.world
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        Exactly. Making these things up ain’t rocket appliances.

        • kautau@lemmy.world
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          And there’s so many out there already you can use the existing ones and teach others; get two birds stoned at once

    • Denjin@lemmings.world
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      Rickyisms are modern day malapropisms, named for Mrs Malaprop from the 1775 play The Rivals by Sheridan, rather than malaphors.

      The difference being a malaphor is a mixed up idiom like the examples in the post and a malapropism is substituting a word in a common saying or idiom for a similar sounding one. For example, “finding an escape goat” or “I resemble that remark”.

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        “Why don’t you make like tree and fuck off, Lahey!” -Ricky

        (I know the difference, I was just attempting to be silly with it all.)

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      Worse case Ontario I get to tell you I toad a so, I fuckin a toad a so.

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        A toad a sow.

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    deleted by creator

    • potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world
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      Which is to say: a whole hell of a lot easier than a camel going through the eye of a needle, to quote JC.

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    I’ve made my omelette, now I’ve got to sleep in it. If you lead a horse to water, you can make it fish.

    • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netBannedOP
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      The fish one is making me laugh

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        Glad to hear it. You know what they say, you miss 100% of the shots you take

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      I’d rather “if you lead a horse to water, teach it to fish”

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        We could workshop it, but if you’re bad at something, never do it for free

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    Those who dig others a grave shouldn’t throw rocks.

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      WONT SOMEBODY PLEASE, COME OVERE HERE AND…

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        Fuck

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          ME UP THE…

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    You’re barking up the wrong metaphor

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    Malamanteau

    Also,

    It’s not rocket surgery

    https://youtu.be/THNPmhBl-8I

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    one of my favourites is “the sharpest bulb in the box”

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    You can get a good look at a t-bone by sticking your head up a butchers ass, but I’d rather take the bulls word for it.

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      What the fuck is this from? I know this quote; the unflipped one

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