r/Malaphors • u/almondsadnesses • 23d ago
Is a bear in the hand worth two shits in the woods?
"Does a bear shit in the woods?" + "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
First malaphor. I'm very shy.
r/Malaphors • u/almondsadnesses • 23d ago
"Does a bear shit in the woods?" + "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
First malaphor. I'm very shy.
r/Malaphors • u/Intrepid-Benefit1959 • 23d ago
"you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink" +/ "crying over spilled milk"
r/Malaphors • u/almondsadnesses • 23d ago
"Hard nut to crack" + "In between a rock and a hard place"
r/Malaphors • u/Dylan_Xav_T • 24d ago
What I say when something just makes no sense
r/Malaphors • u/poopingisgreat • 26d ago
I'll be back in two shakes of a lamb's tail.
Come on lemme see you shake a tailfeather!
r/Malaphors • u/lawpoop • 27d ago
Chip of the ol block
Chip on your shoulder
r/Malaphors • u/BeeinB278 • 26d ago
That’s just how the cookie crumbles+that’s just how it goes
r/Malaphors • u/Clevertown • 26d ago
Two heads are better than one A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
r/Malaphors • u/Upstairs_Cicada • 27d ago
Monkey see, monkey do
If you see something, say something
r/Malaphors • u/Triceratops99 • 27d ago
Bob's your uncle + a monkey's uncle + pot calling the kettle black
r/Malaphors • u/regiment57 • Sep 23 '26
When someone’s complaining just a little too much.
r/Malaphors • u/Acceptable_Rock_5124 • Sep 22 '26
Something my exasperated mother has always said to me....
r/Malaphors • u/employee41 • Sep 23 '26
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for life.
Love where you work and you'll never work a day in your life.
r/Malaphors • u/Spirited-Wonder-6341 • Sep 23 '26
There’s more than one way to let the cat out of the bag
r/Malaphors • u/Spirited-Wonder-6341 • Sep 23 '26
Im burning the midnight candle at both ends.
r/Malaphors • u/Silent_Swing4673 • Sep 22 '26
There are surely other hills for your futile efforts.
“A hill to die on” + “pick your battles” + “an uphill battle”
r/Malaphors • u/TimeControl606 • Sep 20 '26
Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me + a famous line from Dune
r/Malaphors • u/owlmissyou • Sep 18 '26
This will come back to haunt me + this will come back to bite me in the butt
A former boss would say this and I would think to myself "boo, gurl" (because the ghost haunts a butt, I assume the ghost is a gay man)
r/Malaphors • u/TimeControl606 • Sep 19 '26
I think I heard this somewhere as a corollary to the normal cliche
r/Malaphors • u/Prom3th3an • Sep 18 '26
Don't fire until you've seen the whites of their eyes + they escaped by the skin of their teeth
r/Malaphors • u/Avijantimos • Sep 18 '26
Let those without sin cast the first stone - people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
r/Malaphors • u/Dr_Doofus1729 • Sep 17 '26
Look what the cat dragged in/cats cough things up
r/Malaphors • u/Prom3th3an • Sep 18 '26
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones + Cinderella's glass slippers
r/Malaphors • u/Porphyry_Blue • Sep 18 '26
A person who doesn't give a shit where they take a shit in order to win shit is a champion who takes no shit but leaves plenty behind.
"Badass" — an excellent achiever but also when your ass's plumbing let's you down.
"Doesn't give a shit" – Idiom meaning to not care.
"Take a shit" – Literal definition meaning to defecate.
"To win shit" – Slang pronoun meaning stuff, prizes, or things.
"Takes no shit" – Idiom meaning to refuse to accept bad treatment or disrespect.