Malaphors

A malaphor is an informal term for a mixture of two metaphors, aphorisms, idioms, or clichés.

Examples:

It tickles my fancy bone.

Don't count your chickens before they roost.

Even Napoleon had his Watergate. - Yogi Berra

 

Burn that Bridge (when we come to it) . - . Jimmy Buffett

 

Every cloud has a silver spoon in its mouth

 

Birds of a feather are worth two in the bush.

 

“Curiosity killed the cake and ate it too”

Kill the Cake, by the Giraffes

 

"A rooster gathers rolling stones, like moss on a junebug."

Pictures in the hand are worth a thousand birds in the bushes.

 

"I can drink him under the bus."

"Spare the rod and spoil the stew."

 

Those are better. They make sense.

 

"You've opened a can of worms, now you have to lie in it."

 

"Don't put all your pigs in one basket."

 

Don' t count your chickens before they cross the road.

Always wear clean underwear in case your ship comes in.

If it ain't broke, don't put your lips to it.

If you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with the birds.

An ounce of prevention is worth a bowl of cherries.

 

"When pigs freeze over!"