One of my favorites:
I could eat the broad side of a barn.
Got any others that tickle your fancy?
In the same vein as above, but not a mixed metaphor per se:
I could eat the business end of a skunk.
I was really hungry before lunch today and the first made its way back into my brain.
9 comments:
There's so many. I've always loved Joe Blue Collar's call for an end to hierchical class structure:
His shit doesn't stink
Not sure that's a mixed metaphor either, but it is a good one.
To that end:
I was born at night, but not last night to replace the hackneyed I wasn't born yesterday.
Getting a little off track, but how often have you been told "I haven't got all day" by someone you suspect just might have all day?
I don't think anyone has ever said that to me and not meant it jokingly.
For that I am thankful.
I just now realized what you meant by "mixed metaphors." I thought you just meant metaphors that juxtaposed otherwise unrelated terms. You meant mixing up two traditionally separate metaphors. Never really thought of it, though I've been known to mix up a phrase or two of ordinary language. One I recall:
Readily handible.
Not sure what that means in any context.
While relaxing, I like to keep a beer readily handible.
Wouldn't that be 'handable'?
I suppose. But I don't think I even had a specific word in mind when I first said it.
Post a Comment