{"id":5347,"date":"2023-05-12T15:22:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T15:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/?p=5347"},"modified":"2023-05-12T15:40:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T15:40:44","slug":"malaphors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/malaphors\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaphors"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to Avoid Mixing Your Metaphors<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not rocket surgery.
\nFirst, get all your ducks on the same page.
\nAfter all, you can\u2019t make an omelette
\nwithout breaking stride.<\/p>\n

Be sure to watch what you write
\nwith a fine-tuned comb.
\nCheck and re-check until the cows turn blue.
\nIt\u2019s easy as falling off a piece of cake.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t worry about opening up
\na whole hill of beans:
\nyou can burn that bridge when you come to it,
\nif you follow where I\u2019m coming from.<\/p>\n

Concentrate! Keep your door closed
\nand your enemies closer.
\nFinally, don\u2019t take the moral high horse:
\nif the metaphor fits, walk a mile in it.<\/p>\n

Brian Bilston<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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