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Great Mixed Metaphors / Malapropisms?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 6:53 pm
by Niegs
I heard a good one in class today (taking some management courses). A fellow student referred to something was working like a "well-ironed machine". :)
I wondered if he also says he's "got too many oils in the fire"?
Your favs?
Re: Great Mixed Metaphors / Malapropisms?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 7:20 pm
by Torquemada 1420
There is one from an English exam text where the student wrote:
"The woman tripped and tumbled and was found prostitute at the bottom of the stairs."
to which the examiner penned in the margin:
"Really must learn to distinguish between his fallen women."
Re: Great Mixed Metaphors / Malapropisms?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 7:37 pm
by Niegs
Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 7:20 pm
There is one from an English exam text where the student wrote:
"The woman tripped and tumbled and was found prostitute at the bottom of the stairs."
to which the examiner penned in the margin:
"Really must learn to distinguish between his fallen women."
That's perfect!
I've heard people mix up prostate with prostrate as well.
Re: Great Mixed Metaphors / Malapropisms?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 8:23 pm
by Jim Lahey
Ricky from Trailer Park Boys has some classics.
-lets get two birds stoned at once
-gotta learn through stuff, denial and error
-its pretty simple, it doesn't take rocket appliances to figure it out
-one man's garbage is another person's good un-garbage
Re: Great Mixed Metaphors / Malapropisms?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 8:28 pm
by Uncle fester
Eddie O'Sullivan thinks this thread is as useful as a trapdoor in a canoe.
Re: Great Mixed Metaphors / Malapropisms?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 8:51 pm
by Happyhooker
My swedish friend who has near perfect English so you often forget she's not a native speaker once attempted to complement my sister by saying "helen, you're just not a pretty face"
She's also complained about being bitten by midgets during the night
Re: Great Mixed Metaphors / Malapropisms?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:12 pm
by Oh fuck, it's Keith.
Happyhooker wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 8:51 pmShe's also complained about being bitten by midgets during the night
Was it you?
Re: Great Mixed Metaphors / Malapropisms?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:15 pm
by Happyhooker
Paddy McSpudface wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:12 pm
Happyhooker wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 8:51 pmShe's also complained about being bitten by midgets during the night
Was it you?
I'm many things, but not plural
Re: Great Mixed Metaphors / Malapropisms?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:18 pm
by Oh fuck, it's Keith.
Re: Great Mixed Metaphors / Malapropisms?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:31 pm
by Ymx
Happyhooker wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 8:51 pm
My swedish friend who has near perfect English so you often forget she's not a native speaker once attempted to complement my sister by saying "helen, you're just not a pretty face"
She's also complained about being bitten by midgets during the night
Re: Great Mixed Metaphors / Malapropisms?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:06 pm
by Slick
Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 7:20 pm
There is one from an English exam text where the student wrote:
"The woman tripped and tumbled and was found prostitute at the bottom of the stairs."
to which the examiner penned in the margin:
"Really must learn to distinguish between his fallen women."
Absolutely love this
