Sat Mar 11, 2017, 11:54 PM
55 replies, 9561 views
 55 replies |
Author | Time | Post |
 What's your favorite malaphor? (Original post) |
bench scientist | Mar 2017 | OP |
| pkdu | Mar 2017 | #1 | |
| democratisphere | Mar 2017 | #2 | |
| longship | Mar 2017 | #3 | |
| Xipe Totec | Mar 2017 | #4 | |
| 3catwoman3 | Mar 2017 | #11 | |
| Xipe Totec | Mar 2017 | #17 | |
| Kimchijeon | Mar 2017 | #24 | |
| Nac Mac Feegle | Mar 2017 | #5 | |
| lpbk2713 | Mar 2017 | #6 | |
| Doreen | Mar 2017 | #7 | |
| brush | Mar 2017 | #8 | |
| Doreen | Mar 2017 | #10 | |
| Ron Obvious | Mar 2017 | #9 | |
| eppur_se_muova | Mar 2017 | #20 | |
| Ron Obvious | Mar 2017 | #21 | |
| mahatmakanejeeves | Mar 2017 | #39 | |
| MrPurple | Mar 2017 | #12 | |
| discntnt_irny_srcsm | Mar 2017 | #16 | |
| eppur_se_muova | Mar 2017 | #19 | |
| unblock | Mar 2017 | #13 | |
| earthshine | Mar 2017 | #14 | |
| uriel1972 | Mar 2017 | #31 | |
| uriel1972 | Mar 2017 | #33 | |
| Ron Obvious | Mar 2017 | #41 | |
| sprinkleeninow | Mar 2017 | #47 | |
| discntnt_irny_srcsm | Mar 2017 | #15 | |
| COLGATE4 | Mar 2017 | #18 | |
| fNord | Mar 2017 | #22 | |
| Iggo | Mar 2017 | #28 | |
| fNord | Mar 2017 | #35 | |
| TexasBushwhacker | Mar 2017 | #23 | |
| bench scientist | Mar 2017 | #25 | |
| TlalocW | Mar 2017 | #26 | |
| truebluegreen | Mar 2017 | #27 | |
| Iggo | Mar 2017 | #29 | |
| NJCher | Mar 2017 | #30 | |
| uriel1972 | Mar 2017 | #32 | |
| sprinkleeninow | Mar 2017 | #45 | |
| sprinkleeninow | Mar 2017 | #34 | |
| WinkyDink | Mar 2017 | #43 | |
| Phentex | Mar 2017 | #36 | |
| Zorro | Mar 2017 | #37 | |
| OriginalGeek | Mar 2017 | #38 | |
| Dave Starsky | Mar 2017 | #40 | |
| WinkyDink | Mar 2017 | #42 | |
| sprinkleeninow | Mar 2017 | #44 | |
| WinkyDink | Mar 2017 | #49 | |
| sprinkleeninow | Mar 2017 | #52 | |
| sprinkleeninow | Mar 2017 | #46 | |
| sprinkleeninow | Mar 2017 | #48 | |
| WinkyDink | Mar 2017 | #50 | |
| world wide wally | Mar 2017 | #51 | |
| ashling | Mar 2017 | #53 | |
| bench scientist | Mar 2017 | #54 | |
| Tommy_Carcetti | Mar 2017 | #55 |
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Sat Mar 11, 2017, 11:56 PM
1. I have no horse in this fight! nt
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Sat Mar 11, 2017, 11:57 PM
2. To be or not to be; Now what was the question?
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Sat Mar 11, 2017, 11:58 PM
3. Move the goal posts all the way out to left field. nt
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 12:03 AM
Xipe Totec (43,680 posts)
4. If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes should fall like a house of cards. Checkmate. nt
Response to Xipe Totec (Reply #4)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 01:15 AM
3catwoman3 (21,795 posts)
11. I think that is...
Response to 3catwoman3 (Reply #11)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 08:55 AM
Xipe Totec (43,680 posts)
17. Credit to Zapp Brannigan - Futurama. nt
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 12:04 AM
5. Make sure every T is dotted and every I crossed. nt
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 12:15 AM
lpbk2713 (41,875 posts)
6. Yogi Berra.
Response to Doreen (Reply #7)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 12:37 AM
brush (46,907 posts)
8. Also, absolute power reveals.
Response to Ron Obvious (Reply #9)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 11:46 AM
eppur_se_muova (35,252 posts)
20. "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily ..."
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Gilding the lily is already a malaphor.
Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp,
To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. Salisbury, in The Life and Death of King John, Act 4, Scene 2, by you-know-who |
Response to eppur_se_muova (Reply #20)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 11:57 AM
21. Thanks, I actually didn't remember that.
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It's always important to have your facts in order when engaging in sneering pedantry, so I'll be sure to remember this.
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Response to Ron Obvious (Reply #21)
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 11:12 AM
mahatmakanejeeves (51,029 posts)
39. Hahahaha. Thanks.
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 01:19 AM
12. Does the pope shit in the woods?
Response to MrPurple (Reply #12)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 05:52 AM
discntnt_irny_srcsm (18,132 posts)
16. Is a bear catholic?
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Response to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #16)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 11:38 AM
eppur_se_muova (35,252 posts)
19. Bears are omnivores -- you can't get more catholic than that.
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(Well, you didn't say Catholic ...)
cath·o·lic
ˈkaTH(? lik/
adjective: catholic including a wide variety of things; all-embracing. "her tastes are pretty catholic" synonyms: universal, diverse, diversified, wide, broad, broad-based, eclectic, liberal, latitudinarian; More comprehensive, all-encompassing, all-embracing, all-inclusive "her musical tastes are quite catholic" antonyms: narrow Origin late Middle English: from Catholic. |
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 01:36 AM
unblock (51,289 posts)
13. This thread really rubs me up the wrong tree!
Response to earthshine (Reply #14)
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 01:59 AM
uriel1972 (4,261 posts)
31. The importance of bondage...
Response to uriel1972 (Reply #31)
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 02:04 AM
uriel1972 (4,261 posts)
33. We really did misunderestimate him...
Response to Ron Obvious (Reply #41)
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 01:46 AM
sprinkleeninow (18,731 posts)
47. Quayle spelt 'potato' 'POTATOE'
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Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 05:52 AM
discntnt_irny_srcsm (18,132 posts)
15. People in glass houses sink sh-sh-ships.
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 09:20 AM
COLGATE4 (14,732 posts)
18. All's well that ends.
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 04:45 PM
22. "Well if that ain't the pot.....
Response to fNord (Reply #22)
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 12:39 AM
28. That reminds me, I gotta catch up on my Trailer Park Boys.
Response to Iggo (Reply #28)
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 07:16 AM
35. Ricky, remember what I said about thinking before you talk.....
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 09:08 PM
TexasBushwhacker (18,694 posts)
23. Don't stick your neck out on a limb n/t
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 10:20 PM
25. LOL all of these are great!
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Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 11:03 PM
26. You can lead a horse to water
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 12:41 AM
29. My brother is fond of messing up the common age and height ones.
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 01:36 AM
NJCher (32,451 posts)
30. These are hilarious and I am going to start
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collecting them when I hear them.
Being an English teacher, I rarely mess up a cliche, mostly because we're trained not to use them. I do, however, switch up names of stores. When I talk to my brother, who is an engineer and thus very precise, he corrects me. For example, he patiently explains that it illogical for me to to say Shop 'n Stop. "They would not want you to stop shopping, you understand," he says. "That is why it's Stop 'n Shop." 
Cher |
Response to NJCher (Reply #30)
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 02:00 AM
uriel1972 (4,261 posts)
32. I could care less...
Response to NJCher (Reply #30)
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 01:29 AM
sprinkleeninow (18,731 posts)
45. When my hub's parents used to visit,
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his mom called Food Lion, 'Food Tiger'. Now we still call it that to this day!
Ya gotta interject silliness ta keep it reallll... 
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Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 03:19 AM
sprinkleeninow (18,731 posts)
34. "I know how hard it is to put food on your family." Mad Cow(boy)
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 09:51 AM
Phentex (16,120 posts)
36. Not the brightest bulb in the shed. Just heard this on tv...
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 10:28 AM
Zorro (14,919 posts)
37. Let's get this boat on the road
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 11:04 AM
38. Well now, I reckon this subject
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 11:25 AM
40. You buttered your bread, now lie in it. n/t
Response to WinkyDink (Reply #42)
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 01:16 AM
sprinkleeninow (18,731 posts)
44. Aw, man. Now I'M all mixed up. Moreso than usual.
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Is moreso a proper word? The grammaticals will reprimand me. And yas, that was the other 'selected' pResident in the Peoples' Whitehouse, the champion of brush clearing, bush*
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Anyway, 🍻
(A tad foggy tonite. Just took note of your user name. I had a Winky Dink set, did you? Hahah.) |
Response to WinkyDink (Reply #49)
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 12:52 AM
sprinkleeninow (18,731 posts)
52. Now then, should I ask you to describe it (The Winky Dink) and its application
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 01:34 AM
sprinkleeninow (18,731 posts)
46. Most excellent thread! Love it. It's been good for my head, doncha know! n/t
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 01:57 AM
sprinkleeninow (18,731 posts)
48. One more post and I'm done.
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Don't cry over spilled chickens.
Don't count your milk before it's hatched. Ima  |
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 11:34 PM
world wide wally (21,346 posts)
51. He didn't know whether to wind his watch or walk to school
Response to bench scientist (Original post)
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 03:11 PM
55. Does the Catholic bear pope shit in the woods? nt
