Here are some examples of pericombobulation:
- They’re selling like wild cakes
- It ain’t rocket surgery
- He marches to a different kettle of fish
- Up a gum tree without a paddle
And some other mangled metaphores, mixed-up maxims and idiotic idioms:
- A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on
- If your parents never had children, chances are you won’t, either
- If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life
- Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever
- Even Napoleon had his Watergate
- He’s sitting on the fence with both ears to the ground, which is a most uncomfortable position for him to be in
- The plan was simple, like my brother. But unlike my brother, this plan just might work
- Idle hands are a terrible thing to waste
- Cool as hell
- It won’t be just another walk in the cake.
- I can read a batter like the back of my book.
- You don’t want to walk back to the dugout with your head between your legs
- I’m tired of following behind the rest of the industry. We need to jump out in front of the bandwagon
- Did you ever have one of those days where everything is going along fine, and then someone throws a monkey at you?
- Don’t count your chickens before the cows come home
- That’s the icing on the camel’s back
- Out of the pot and into the kettle
- That took the thunder out of his sails
- Still green behind the ears
- We threw our dice into the ring and turned up trumps
- Celtic manager Davie Hay still has a fresh pair of legs up his sleeve
- It was that game that put the Everton ship back on the road
- Being naturally right-footed he doesn’t often chance his arm with his left foot
- What I said to them at half time would be unprintable on the radio
- We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it
