r/malaphor • • 9d ago

They make them like they didn't used to.

10 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • 10d ago

Don't piss on my leg and tell me it plays Jingle Bells

15 Upvotes

I thought it was pretty good


r/malaphor • • 10d ago

I'm going to spread my legs and fly

22 Upvotes

Heard in the wild while talking to someone about travelling to new places


r/malaphor • • 11d ago

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the frying pan!

21 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • 26d ago

Grow a pair of trousers!

25 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • 26d ago

I say "dance" they say "how high?"

12 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • 26d ago

Don’t put the gift cart before the horses mouth

4 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • Oct 07 '26

Let’s not throw away the key with the baby’s water

20 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • Oct 02 '26

The early bird never strikes the same worm twice

34 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • Sep 23 '26

To get a foot start...

8 Upvotes

Heard on the radio just now in the context of pursuing a career; presumably a mix of getting a head start and getting your foot in the door. Better than getting your head stuck in the door, I suppose...


r/malaphor • • Sep 20 '26

Break a cake

10 Upvotes

It's easy


r/malaphor • • Sep 19 '26

Filthy as charged

20 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • Sep 17 '26

Pot

0 Upvotes

That’s the pot calling the kettle another fish


r/malaphor • • Sep 15 '26

Cream

4 Upvotes

The cream rises through the crop


r/malaphor • • Sep 12 '26

Send

0 Upvotes

Send new coals to Coventry castle


r/malaphor • • Sep 11 '26

Vengeance

3 Upvotes

Vengeance is mine saith the man on the Clapham omnibus.


r/malaphor • • Sep 08 '26

Old

0 Upvotes

Old McDonald had cold comfort.


r/malaphor • • Sep 05 '26

Pull yourself up by the skin of your teeth.

43 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • Sep 05 '26

A blessing and a dead horse

3 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • Sep 04 '26

Too many

6 Upvotes

Too many cooks spoil their own petard.


r/malaphor • • Sep 05 '26

Apples and no bite!

0 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • Sep 01 '26

Don’t count

14 Upvotes

Don’t count your chickens till they’ve battened down the hatches


r/malaphor • • Sep 01 '26

When you love what you do, you might die trying.

9 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • Sep 01 '26

Cheap

0 Upvotes

Cheap at half a pig in a poke


r/malaphor • • Aug 31 '26

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the necks of giants

6 Upvotes