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[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 64 points 2 weeks ago

That's a really tough nut to swallow

[-] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Lmao

You won.

[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Daffy Duck one said, "You buttered your bread, now sleep in it." And 10 year old me couldn't stop laughing.

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This makes me so happy, thanks for teaching me a word

[-] badcodecat@lemux.minnix.dev 20 points 2 weeks ago

i'n not the brightest bulb in the shed, but i sure am the sharpest!

[-] Mnem667@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago

I had a boss who said:
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't suck his ass to make him drink."
I... I just... Can't.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

I used to say "we'll burn that bridge when we get to it." all the time! People didn't like it though.

[-] Orbituary@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Malaphors? I call these Rickyisms.

[-] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago

It's all water under the fridge.

[-] Orbituary@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly. Making these things up ain't rocket appliances.

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

And there’s so many out there already you can use the existing ones and teach others; get two birds stoned at once

[-] Denjin@lemmings.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Rickyisms are modern day malapropisms, named for Mrs Malaprop from the 1775 play The Rivals by Sheridan, rather than malaphors.

The difference being a malaphor is a mixed up idiom like the examples in the post and a malapropism is substituting a word in a common saying or idiom for a similar sounding one. For example, "finding an escape goat" or "I resemble that remark".

[-] Orbituary@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

"Why don't you make like tree and fuck off, Lahey!" -Ricky

(I know the difference, I was just attempting to be silly with it all.)

[-] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Worse case Ontario I get to tell you I toad a so, I fuckin a toad a so.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

I've made my omelette, now I've got to sleep in it. If you lead a horse to water, you can make it fish.

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

The fish one is making me laugh

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Glad to hear it. You know what they say, you miss 100% of the shots you take

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'd rather "if you lead a horse to water, teach it to fish"

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

We could workshop it, but if you're bad at something, never do it for free

[-] LouNeko@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Those who dig others a grave shouldn't throw rocks.

[-] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

It’s like finding a needle in a camel’s back

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Which is to say: a whole hell of a lot easier than a camel going through the eye of a needle, to quote JC.

[-] LengAwaits@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

WONT SOMEBODY PLEASE, COME OVERE HERE AND...

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 9 points 2 weeks ago

You're barking up the wrong metaphor

[-] lime@feddit.nu 8 points 2 weeks ago

one of my favourites is "the sharpest bulb in the box"

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago

You can get a good look at a t-bone by sticking your head up a butchers ass, but I'd rather take the bulls word for it.

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

What the fuck is this from? I know this quote; the unflipped one

[-] Hupf@feddit.org 8 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

She looks like she's been through the run of the mill

[-] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago
[-] dont@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

For those of you speaking German: Hast du enen Scherzkeks gefrühstückt?

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

From the TV show Angel.

Harmony, vampire ex-cheerleader

"You're preaching to the horse's mouth!"

[-] extratone@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

You can't have your cake.

[-] sweafa@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 weeks ago

i like to say "das leben ist kein ponyschlecken" and "das leben ist kein zuckerhof".

[-] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

You would say that.

[-] Eww@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Not the brightest knife in the tool room.

[-] BodePlotHole@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Does the pope shit in the woods?

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago
[-] BodePlotHole@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"#makepoopwhilethesunshines"

[-] CptOblivius@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

What ever floats your goat.

[-] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Me when I say I'll meet new people: we'll burn that bridge when we get to it.

[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

This looks like ai slop

[-] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I like one from a They Might Be Giants song, you made my day, now you have to sleep in it.

[-] m0stlyharmless@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

You can give a man a drink and his thirst will be quenched for a day, but if you show a man to the water source, he will be quenched for the rest of his life.

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