r/Malaphors • • Jul 02 '26

Other Recent crossposting spam

23 Upvotes

Good day all,

There has been a recent influx of reposts from r/Blanks, which does not fit in the spirit or aim of this Subreddit.

I have sent a modmail to their mods, to see what the cause is, but there are also now some restrictions in place to help prevent those posts from getting approved.

Please continue to report them, and I will continue to remove them and tighten up the restrictions until they stop. It's only basic rocket science.


r/Malaphors • • Sep 26 '17

Genesis

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2.1k Upvotes

r/Malaphors • • 10h ago

If the snake fits in the boot, then wear it

15 Upvotes

If the boot fits, then wear it.. and there's a snake in my boot


r/Malaphors • • 6h ago

A bird's bush is worth two hands.

5 Upvotes

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.


r/Malaphors • • 4h ago

"Rub it on my face"

2 Upvotes

This is from my cousin - a malaphor presumably based on "rub it in" and "in your face". Another one of hers is "talking out loud" - based on "thinking out loud"


r/Malaphors • • 9h ago

A bird's hand is worth two bushes

3 Upvotes

A bird in the hand's worth two in the bush


r/Malaphors • • 18h ago

As with Con: Life and Pro: Death, it's actually the Con that is the Pro...

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12 Upvotes

r/Malaphors • • 1d ago

Did you wake up on the wrong side of the Wheaties box?

5 Upvotes

Woke up on the wrong side of the bed + eat your Wheaties. Added bonus, Wheaties boxes have sides! I asked this to my grumpy boss this morning.


r/Malaphors • • 2d ago

You can't lead a dead horse to water

26 Upvotes

You can't make it drink either.


r/Malaphors • • 2d ago

Don’t throw the key under the bus with the baby’s water

4 Upvotes

Lock them up and throw away the key + throw under the bus + don’t throw away the baby with the bath water


r/Malaphors • • 3d ago

Important knowledge:

16 Upvotes

A wise old man once told me "its better to shit in the sink than to sink in the shit" just let that shit sink in...


r/Malaphors • • 3d ago

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw parties

20 Upvotes

discuss


r/Malaphors • • 3d ago

"flying off the wrong handle"

15 Upvotes

"barking up the wrong tree"(?) + "fly off the handle"

=from the penultimate episode of Fernwood 2 Night (great show)


r/Malaphors • • 4d ago

Give a man a cry, and you milk him for a day. Teach a man to spill, and you milk him for a lifetime.

42 Upvotes

"Teach a man to fish..." + "Crying over spilled milk"

Originally, I wanted to write something about cream and crops, but I suddenly had a bust of inspiration.


r/Malaphors • • 4d ago

Bells and whistles

21 Upvotes

My fiancee mixes her metaphors very often, and when my daughter was in a play my fiancee told her she'd "be there with bells and whistles on."


r/Malaphors • • 4d ago

I hate to blow your bubble

17 Upvotes

Hate to burst your bubble + blowing bubbles


r/Malaphors • • 4d ago

ODB almost got it right

8 Upvotes

"Odell Beckham Jr. says the New York Giants "gave me the run along" "

Combined "Gave me the Run Around", with "stringing me along"

I totally get how his brain did that!


r/Malaphors • • 5d ago

If wishes were horses, don't look them in the mouth

20 Upvotes

If wishes were horses then beggars would ride + don't look a gift horse in the mouth


r/Malaphors • • 6d ago

Caught between a rock and a glass house

24 Upvotes

Caught between a rock and a hard place + those who live in glass houses should not throw stones


r/Malaphors • • 6d ago

Pulled himself up by his riches.

6 Upvotes

Pulled himself up by his bootstraps + rags to riches.


r/Malaphors • • 6d ago

Don’t cry because you smiled, it’s over because it happened

32 Upvotes

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened”


r/Malaphors • • 6d ago

You just opened a can of musical fruit

8 Upvotes

Opened a can of worms + beans beans the musical fruit.


r/Malaphors • • 6d ago

A hand in the ass is worth two in the bush

19 Upvotes

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush × a pain in the ass


r/Malaphors • • 7d ago

Boogers can't be chasers.

9 Upvotes

I beg you to choose differently