Malaphor: a mixture of two (or more) aphorisms, idioms, or clichés, e.g.:
- We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it.
- He’s all can and no worms.
- You’ve made your bed, now shit in it.
- Whatever floats your goat.
- I say tomato, you say how high.
- Give a man a fish, shame on you. Teach a man to fish, shame on me.
- He’s not the sharpest egg in the attic.
- The shoe’s on the other hand now.
- Let’s shuffle off this mortal popsicle stand.
- It’s not rocket surgery.
- Apples to apples, dust to dust.
- The sky’s your oyster.
- Does the pope shit in the woods?
- You don’t kick a gift horse in the nuts.
- Let’s hit the wall running.
- It’s time to step up to the plate and lay your cards on the table.
- He’s burning the midnight oil from both ends.
- Until the cows freeze over.
- Looks like the tables have turned the other cheek.
- Keep your apples close, but your doctors closer.
- When the rubber hits the fan.
- If you can’t handle the elephant, get out of the room.
- I’ve got too many fingers in too many cooks.
- It’s no skin off my teeth.
- That’ll come back to haunt you in the ass.
- It’s like taking bathwater from a baby.
- That’s the icing on the coffin.
- If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate. (From Futurama)