• AJMaxwell
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      People in glass houses sink ships

      • @JustAnotherKay
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        514 days ago

        Check out Boondock Saints, from which this is a quote. Hilarious movies

          • @JustAnotherKay
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            214 days ago

            Ya know it might be. I never realized on account of only seeing bttf once when I was young, and never any of the sequels.

            In any case, the character that delivers the line in Boondock Saints delivers quite a few malaphors throughout the movie. It’s part of his thing

          • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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            214 days ago

            That’s about as funny as a screen door on a battleship.

            Have a nice trip! See you next winter!

      • @Klear
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        514 days ago

        And which one would you rather meet in the middle of a forest?

    • @LanguageIsCool
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      314 days ago

      But nobody is around to smell it, does it have an odor?

  • @Olhonestjim
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    Daffy Duck one said, “You buttered your bread, now sleep in it.” And 10 year old me couldn’t stop laughing.

  • Cris
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    This makes me so happy, thanks for teaching me a word

  • @[email protected]
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    1714 days ago

    I had a boss who said:
    “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t suck his ass to make him drink.”
    I… I just… Can’t.

    • @over_clox
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      314 days ago

      Okay, you win the internet for the day. 👍

  • @Maggoty
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    1714 days ago

    I used to say “we’ll burn that bridge when we get to it.” all the time! People didn’t like it though.

  • @sumguyonline
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    1514 days ago

    Those that live in glass houses can throw the first stone.

    • @ladicius
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      1014 days ago

      Don’t throw glasses in a stone house.

  • Orbituary
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    1414 days ago

    Malaphors? I call these Rickyisms.

      • Orbituary
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        814 days ago

        Exactly. Making these things up ain’t rocket appliances.

        • @kautau
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          1014 days ago

          And there’s so many out there already you can use the existing ones and teach others; get two birds stoned at once

    • @[email protected]
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      1014 days ago

      Rickyisms are modern day malapropisms, named for Mrs Malaprop from the 1775 play The Rivals by Sheridan, rather than malaphors.

      The difference being a malaphor is a mixed up idiom like the examples in the post and a malapropism is substituting a word in a common saying or idiom for a similar sounding one. For example, “finding an escape goat” or “I resemble that remark”.

      • Orbituary
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        314 days ago

        “Why don’t you make like tree and fuck off, Lahey!” -Ricky

        (I know the difference, I was just attempting to be silly with it all.)

    • @BetaBlake
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      814 days ago

      Worse case Ontario I get to tell you I toad a so, I fuckin a toad a so.

  • @LouNeko
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    1214 days ago

    Those who dig others a grave shouldn’t throw rocks.

  • @LanguageIsCool
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    1214 days ago

    It’s like finding a needle in a camel’s back

    • ivanafterall ☑️
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      Which is to say: a whole hell of a lot easier than a camel going through the eye of a needle, to quote JC.

  • @Gradually_Adjusting
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    I’ve made my omelette, now I’ve got to sleep in it. If you lead a horse to water, you can make it fish.