I crave mental lint. Hivemind, please share your interesting facts Track_Shovel ( @Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ) ChatEnglish • 2 years ago message-square34fedilinkarrow-up149
arrow-up149message-squareI crave mental lint. Hivemind, please share your interesting facts Track_Shovel ( @Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ) ChatEnglish • 2 years ago message-square34fedilink
minus-square Scrumpf_Dabogy ( @Scrumpf_Dabogy@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-22 years 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•2 years agoI like that one, I’m gonna steal it
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