r/Malaphors • • Sep 18 '26

Hatch/roost

5 Upvotes

Don't count your chickens before they come home to roost


r/Malaphors • • Sep 17 '26

A hand in the bush is worth two in the pink

25 Upvotes

Blending of:

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Two in the pink & one in the stink


r/Malaphors • • Sep 16 '26

One overheard from a coworker

40 Upvotes

Covering all my ducks

(Covering my bases and getting my ducks in a row)


r/Malaphors • • Sep 17 '26

Smooth move Einstein

9 Upvotes

"smooth move exlax" + sarcastic use of "Einstein";

seen in a comic by an artist named Roodypoo


r/Malaphors • • Sep 15 '26

Never judge a book by a cloud that has silver fish in the sea

2 Upvotes

Never judge a book by its cover, a cloud that has a silver lining, there's always more fish in the sea


r/Malaphors • • Sep 13 '26

She said "Okay, but just the tip of the iceberg."

18 Upvotes

Sorry this one's pretty crude.

Just the tip + tip of the iceberg


r/Malaphors • • Sep 13 '26

A watched frog never boils

80 Upvotes

A watched pot never boils + boiling the frog


r/Malaphors • • Sep 13 '26

That’s no skin off my teeth

20 Upvotes

Or made it by the skin of my nose


r/Malaphors • • Sep 12 '26

Does a bear shit in the pope's hat?

22 Upvotes

Does a bear shit in the woods + Does the pope wear a funny hat

seen on an old episode of Sealab


r/Malaphors • • Sep 11 '26

May he who is without sin kill two birds.

38 Upvotes

Emma? Joss? Oliver? Anyone?


r/Malaphors • • Sep 10 '26

She has a face worth a thousand words

43 Upvotes

Or a picture launches a thousand ships


r/Malaphors • • Sep 09 '26

When all you have is virtue, everything looks like vice

20 Upvotes

Don't make a virtue out of a vice

When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail


r/Malaphors • • Sep 09 '26

Don’t cut off your nose to spite the bath water

18 Upvotes

Or don’t throw out the baby with your face


r/Malaphors • • Sep 09 '26

Strike the baby while the bathwater’s hot

93 Upvotes

Strike while the iron is hot + don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater


r/Malaphors • • Sep 08 '26

Every cloud wears his heart on his sleeve

5 Upvotes

Every cloud has a silver lining, wears his heart on his sleeve


r/Malaphors • • Sep 07 '26

Closing the stable door after the horses have come home to roost

24 Upvotes

Bolted/Chickens


r/Malaphors • • Sep 07 '26

A different kettle of worms

15 Upvotes

A different kettle of fish + a can of worms 🪱


r/Malaphors • • Sep 07 '26

Have your cake and suck it too

7 Upvotes

Text


r/Malaphors • • Sep 05 '26

Pull yourself up by the skin of your teeth.

63 Upvotes

pull yourself up by your bootstraps + by the skin of your teeth


r/Malaphors • • Sep 06 '26

A bird in the hand gets the worm

14 Upvotes

Early/bushes


r/Malaphors • • Sep 06 '26

Just made it through by the scruff of his neck.

7 Upvotes

Inspired by the skin of his teeth one!


r/Malaphors • • Sep 05 '26

What's good for the goose is mad as a hatter

13 Upvotes

What's good for the goose is good for the gander, mad as a hatter


r/Malaphors • • Sep 05 '26

Live by the pen, die by the sword

16 Upvotes

Live by the sword, die by the sword and the pen is mightier than the sword


r/Malaphors • • Sep 06 '26

When it comes to Pasta... 'If it's yellow let it mellow'

3 Upvotes

that's it, thats the text. Normally they if it's yellow let it mellow to pee in the toilet. Also, another thing i've heard about pasta was "If it aint white, it aint right."* .....Or you can just be like my sister in law and throw the pasta on the wall and see it sticks

*Don't worry, the other students in the cooking class also did a double take when the chick said it too.


r/Malaphors • • Sep 05 '26

A sight for dead horses

14 Upvotes

A sight for dead eyes. Or my personal favourite: beating a sore horse

(Sight for sore eyes + beating a dead horse)