People are sharing their favourite ‘malaphors’ – 17 proper belters
People are sharing their favourite ‘malaphors’ on Twitter and it might just be today’s favourite thing.
It all began when @OhLookBirdies asked this over on Twitter (and if you don’t know what a ‘malaphor’ is, it will quickly become apparent).
What is your favourite malaphor? I’ve always been partial to “We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it” but “You made your bed, now eat it too” is definitely up there
— Sebas (@OhLookBirdies) August 1, 2021
And it prompted no end of brilliant replies. Here are our favourites.
1.
Build a man a fire and he’ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.
— Samuel (@spjwhitwell) August 1, 2021
2.
It’s not exactly rocket surgery.
— ~ (@daniel_barker) August 1, 2021
3.
‘Don’t take the moral high horse’ was the best I’ve heard
— Andy (@andygeorge1976) August 2, 2021
4.
My old boss was (unintentionally) brilliant at these. I recall the team meeting where she declared “I wouldn’t trust *him* with a ten-foot bargepole”
— Owen Sedgwick-Jell (@owenjell) August 2, 2021
5.
Not exactly what you’re looking for, but I once overheard a woman describe something as a “real cock and ball story”.
— Juliet Brando (@sliderulesyou) August 2, 2021
6.
“He’s a mine field of information”
“Don’t worry about me – it’s like oil off a duck’s back”.— Andy Ryan (@ItsAndyRyan) August 2, 2021
7.
It’s half of one and six dozen of the other.
— Rob (@_Bankrobber_) August 2, 2021
8.
“The proof is in the pudding” has become so common that I’d say it’s used more than the actual metaphor. I had a colleague who used to say “there’s more than one way to swing a cat”, although I think he may have just been really good at swinging cats.
— Common Or Garden Steve (@phteve_i_am) August 2, 2021
9.
Have just been reminded of “Like shooting fish from a baby,” which is also fantastic
— Sebas (@OhLookBirdies) August 2, 2021