People are sharing their favourite ‘malaphors’ – 17 proper belters

10.

“We’ll jump off that bridge when we get to it” is my dad’s version

— Eddie Hollywood (@Ubermacs) August 2, 2021

11.

My sister in law had a colleague who said “BUMS ON FACES, BUMS ON FACES!” instead of “Bums on seats”…

— Hannah O’Hanrahahanrahan (@buntyhoven) August 2, 2021

12.

oh this thread:) old pom friend of mine always said it’s a different kettle of ballgames

— reckon reckon reckon (@QueenstownTerri) August 2, 2021

13.

“I’ve told you until the cows go blue in the face”

— Wally Basoum (@wallybasoum) August 2, 2021

14.

My mother described a delighted person as being ‘on Clyde Noun’. Went straight into a script.

— Jason Hazeley (@JasonHazeley) August 2, 2021

15.

My great aunt was the queen of malaphors. “He smokes like a fish” was my favourite, and I still can’t work out if it’s a mistake, or genius.

— Halo #KeepYourMasksOn 💙🌱Ⓥ (@EatMyHalo) August 2, 2021

16.

Tony Abbott, when PM of Australia, said “No-one is the suppository of all wisdom.” Hard to beat that.

— Scott Webb (@moxy_toxy) August 2, 2021

17.

I’ve always been fond of ‘casting nasturtiums’

— Snowbound Chimp (@SnowboundChimp) August 2, 2021

And finally, this.

My favourite was on a local papers comments section. The person in question didn’t believe covid was real and said …
” Covid is a false heron”
So we’ve got a mixture of ‘false flag’ and a malaphor of ‘red herring’ to ‘ red heron’.
Makes me giggle everytime I think of it !

— Sam Barriscale (@SamBarriscale) August 2, 2021

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