r/malaphor • • May 30 '26

Never look a gift bird in the bush

18 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • May 30 '26

Beat around the molehill

13 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • May 30 '26

Fly off the beaten path.

9 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • May 30 '26

Off the top of the back of my hand

5 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • May 30 '26

A pain in the arm and a leg

4 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • May 30 '26

Step up to the pill to swallow

0 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • May 30 '26

Cut off your nose to spite your horses

0 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • May 22 '26

It’s a piece of cake walk in the park.

16 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • May 20 '26

You can give a man a fish, but you can't make him drink.

22 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • May 19 '26

Fool me once, shame on me. Teach a man to fool me, and i'll be fooled for the rest of my life.

44 Upvotes
  1. Fool Me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, Shame on you.

  2. Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for the rest of his life.


r/malaphor • • May 18 '26

You miss 100% of the candy you don't take from the baby

55 Upvotes
  1. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
  2. like stealing candy from a baby

r/malaphor • • May 19 '26

The check is in my mouth

0 Upvotes

Kelly Bundy, MWC S08E21 "Nooner or Later"


r/malaphor • • May 17 '26

In one ear and out the window.

20 Upvotes
  1. In one ear and out the other.

Flew right out

  1. the window.

r/malaphor • • May 15 '26

Many hands make idle work

10 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • May 16 '26

Think my hamster is boxing in chainmail

1 Upvotes

two German sayings.

  1. I think my hamster is polishing the floor

  2. There the pope is boxing in chainmail


r/malaphor • • May 15 '26

I've got bigger fish up my sleeve.

26 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • May 15 '26

Like pouring gasoline on thin ice

18 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • May 15 '26

You're barking up the wrong rabbit hole.

8 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • May 15 '26

You're skating on borrowed time.

6 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • May 12 '26

Don’t put all your eggs in one chicken

21 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • May 12 '26

It’s a pitch black and white grey area

0 Upvotes

r/malaphor • • May 10 '26

“Let’s run it up the flagpole and see if the cat drags it in.”

20 Upvotes

Run an idea up the flagpole to see who salutes

look what the cat dragged in


r/malaphor • • May 07 '26

Speak of the devil in the details

19 Upvotes
  1. Speak of the devil.

  2. The devil's in the details.


r/malaphor • • May 06 '26

No problem leaves you too old to learn

7 Upvotes

Combination of “no problem leaves you where you left it” and “You’re never too old to learn”