I crave mental lint. Hivemind, please share your interesting facts Track_Shovel ( @Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ) ChatEnglish • 1 year ago message-square34fedilinkarrow-up149
arrow-up149message-squareI crave mental lint. Hivemind, please share your interesting facts Track_Shovel ( @Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ) ChatEnglish • 1 year ago message-square34fedilink
minus-square bear_delune ( @bear_delune@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoRelated; the Malaphor. Does the pope shit in the woods?
minus-square Scrumpf_Dabogy ( @Scrumpf_Dabogy@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-21 year agoIts not a proper malaphor, but I often use the phrase, “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it think.” I say that when I give someone very detailed instructions for something and they still mess it up. (Not to the person in question, of course) My favorite actual malaphor is, “We’ll burn that bridge when we come to it.”
minus-square bear_delune ( @bear_delune@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI like that one, I’m gonna steal it
Related; the Malaphor. Does the pope shit in the woods?
Its not a proper malaphor, but I often use the phrase, “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it think.”
I say that when I give someone very detailed instructions for something and they still mess it up. (Not to the person in question, of course)
My favorite actual malaphor is, “We’ll burn that bridge when we come to it.”
I like that one, I’m gonna steal it