People List Their Favorite Mixed-Metaphors They Ever Encountered

Malaphor: an informal term for a blend of two or more aphorisms, idioms, or clichés

Malaphors, also known as mixed metaphors, can become almost as common in pop culture as the original sayings they co-opt. Like "It's not rocket surgery."

Or they can happen on the spur of the moment, when someone can't quite remember how a saying is supposed to go.

Here is a collection of amusing malaphors, with the original idioms they're based on.

Don't rain on my parade.

Don't steal my thunder.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Killing two birds with one stone.

You've made our bed, now lie in it.

You've made your dinner, now eat it.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

It's the eye of the tiger.

It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt.

The early bird gets the worm.

This came back to haunt me.

This came back to bite me in the a$$.

You can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs.

Break a leg.

That train has left the station.

That ship has sailed.

There's no use crying over spilled milk.

...over my dead body.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Fiddling while Rome burned.

The grass is always greener on the other side.

...'til the cows come home.

You break it, you bought it.

You can't buy happiness.

Better late than never.

Better safe than sorry.

Let's not beat around the bush.

Stop beating a dead horse.

Is the Pope Catholic?

Does a bear sh!# in the woods?

Getting the upper hand.

Looks like the shoe is on the other foot.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll eat for the rest of his life.

Sh!# or get off the pot.

If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

...like lemmings to the sea.

Would you jump off a cliff is all your friends did?

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't put the horse before the cart.