PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 个月前Idioms and synthesislemmy.worldimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1695arrow-down16
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minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up39·9 个月前My two favorite malaphors: It’s not rocket surgery. We will burn that bridge when we get to it.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·9 个月前That’s all water under the fridge at this point.
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 个月前Not sure what’s the idiom with “fridge” in it.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 个月前There isn’t one, it’s a malaphor imposter!
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-29 个月前Malaphor, my new favorite word Also: “she looks like she’s been through the run of the mill”
minus-squareHiggs boson@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 个月前“He looks like he fell out of the Ugly Tree and hit every branch on the way down.”
minus-squareHiggs boson@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 个月前I use those both regularly. And people seem totally unable to tell whether I am doing it on purpose.
My two favorite malaphors:
That’s all water under the fridge at this point.
Not sure what’s the idiom with “fridge” in it.
There isn’t one, it’s a malaphor imposter!
Malaphor, my new favorite word Also: “she looks like she’s been through the run of the mill”
“He looks like he fell out of the Ugly Tree and hit every branch on the way down.”
I use those both regularly. And people seem totally unable to tell whether I am doing it on purpose.