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[–] abfarid@startrek.website 33 points 1 day ago (3 children)

My two favorite malaphors:

  • It's not rocket surgery.
  • We will burn that bridge when we get to it.
[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 3 points 9 hours ago

I use those both regularly. And people seem totally unable to tell whether I am doing it on purpose.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Malaphor, my new favorite word Also: "she looks like she's been through the run of the mill"

[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 2 points 9 hours ago

"He looks like he fell out of the Ugly Tree and hit every branch on the way down."

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That’s all water under the fridge at this point.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not sure what's the idiom with "fridge" in it.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

There isn’t one, it’s a malaphor imposter!