Archive for April 21st, 2007
Apr 21
Farberisms 101: you only get one kick at the horse
words| 3 Comments »You’ve heard of mixing your metaphors. Well, how about blending your idioms: That book was a real “page-burner.” OrĀ “I guess that’s how the cookie bounces.”
An idiom blend isn’t a mixed metaphor or a malapropism, exactly. It’s the union of two similar phrases to make a third phrase. For example:
Page turner + barn burner = […]
