Mixed up?
Posted by Mally-RKG@reddit | AskABrit | View on Reddit | 26 comments
My school history teacher used to get his sayings all mixed up. He once told me that he was getting his ducks in the house!
It took me quite a while to work out that he had combined getting his ducks in a row with getting his house in order!
What phrases do you get confused?
skibbin@reddit
I love a mixed metaphor.
We'll burn that bridge when we get to it.
emwithme77@reddit
We use "we'll cross that bridge when it's burning behind us" thanks to my husband's (Dutch) ex.
Available_Cod_6735@reddit
Or we’ll cross that bridge when we’ve burnt our boats
random_character-@reddit
This is the highest form of wit.
AcererakTheDevourer@reddit
I believe that’s called a malaphor
bitterlemon80@reddit
Does the Pope shit in the woods?
skibbin@reddit
I don't know.
Is the bear a catholic?
Luso_Wolf@reddit
I once got laughed at for calling a blade of grass a shard of grass. Mixed it up with a shard of glass. Cutty things then g_ass. Easily confused
shannikkins@reddit
Fuck you and the horse that rode you here.
Raining_Lobsters@reddit
Let's make like a tree and fuck off.
Burn the hatchet at both ends.
Does a bear shit on the Pope?
Hang your horses.
Oodlydang@reddit
Make like a tree.. fabulous
affordable_firepower@reddit
My old boss:
That's right up our cup of tea
We've got our backs against the grindstone on this one
Let's not rush in and do a half-cocked job. We'll wait for IBM to do a full-cocked job
There's a sword of Damascus hanging over you
And one I saw here only a couple of days ago - Lamented Paper
Majestic_Clam@reddit
"That's right up our cup of tea" 💀
Majestic_Clam@reddit
My husband's friend in high school spoke English as a second language and instead of "Let's blow this popsicle stand" he'd say, "Let's stand up and blow this popsicle." Which we still say to this day.
FinnemoreFan@reddit
My friend and I do this deliberately.
‘That really gets up my goat’
OverPaper3573@reddit
Blessings in the sky. Sofia Vergaras character from Modern Family.
BessieBighead@reddit
It's a doggy dog world!
Sea_Opinion_4800@reddit
Never shoot a gift horse in the mouth.
Yolandi2802@reddit
My husband made our son-in-law laugh uncontrollably when he said something about ducks in a barrel…
Gnarly_314@reddit
The quiz master for our regular Sunday night pub quiz always said, "Who chopped the tarts with........?".
Infamous_Angle_@reddit
A former manager had a favourite malapropism: 'you've got to nip it in the butt.'
We were quite happy for him to continue.
Jazzlike-Basil1355@reddit
It’s pot of the luck.
It’s not rocket surgery
Nicko5000@reddit
Not me but my big mate Ricky used to say “atoadaso”
Adventurous-Window30@reddit
One of our salesmen said he needed to get “a lineup on his ducks”.
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Charliesmum97@reddit
Well it wasn't me, but it still makes me laugh: when we were teenagers, my best friend and I were having one of those serious conversations only teenagers can have, and she said 'When a sleeping dog is dead, let it lie down.'