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".
You can give a man a drink and his thirst will be quenched for a day, but if you show a man to the water source, he will be quenched for the rest of his life.
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GBU_28@lemm.ee · 80 pts · 1y
Make like a tree, and get the fuck out
ajmaxwell@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
People in glass houses sink ships
MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io · 8 pts · 1y
Whatever bursts your boat.
Denjin@lemmings.world · 5 pts · 1y
Make like a banana and leave.
DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
😂 best one so far
JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Check out Boondock Saints, from which this is a quote. Hilarious movies
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Surely it’s a riff on BTTF’s Biff Tannen right?
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
That's about as funny as a screen door on a battleship.
Have a nice trip! See you next winter!
JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
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
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 66 pts · 1y
That's a really tough nut to swallow
FreshLight@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Lmao
You won.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today · 36 pts · 1y
Does the pope shit in the woods?
marlowe221@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Are bears Catholic?
Klear@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
And which one would you rather meet in the middle of a forest?
LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 35 pts · 1y
A bird in the hand is worth its weight in gold.
Icarus flew too close to the man in the moon.
Find a penny, pick it up. Would you like some making fuck?
flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 1y
BERSERKER!
Outstanding, friend. Got a laugh out of me.
Olhonestjim@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 1y
Daffy Duck one said, "You buttered your bread, now sleep in it." And 10 year old me couldn't stop laughing.
Cris_Color@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
This makes me so happy, thanks for teaching me a word
badcodecat@lemux.minnix.dev · 21 pts · 1y
i'n not the brightest bulb in the shed, but i sure am the sharpest!
Mnem667@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 1y
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@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Okay, you win the internet for the day. 👍
Maggoty@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
I used to say "we'll burn that bridge when we get to it." all the time! People didn't like it though.
Orbituary@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
Malaphors? I call these Rickyisms.
darkdemize@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 1y
It's all water under the fridge.
Orbituary@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Exactly. Making these things up ain't rocket appliances.
kautau@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
And there’s so many out there already you can use the existing ones and teach others; get two birds stoned at once
Denjin@lemmings.world · 10 pts · 1y
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@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
"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@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Worse case Ontario I get to tell you I toad a so, I fuckin a toad a so.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 1y
nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
A toad a sow.
sumguyonline@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
Those that live in glass houses can throw the first stone.
ladicius@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Don't throw glasses in a stone house.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
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.
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 1y
The fish one is making me laugh
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Glad to hear it. You know what they say, you miss 100% of the shots you take
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
I'd rather "if you lead a horse to water, teach it to fish"
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
We could workshop it, but if you're bad at something, never do it for free
LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Which is to say: a whole hell of a lot easier than a camel going through the eye of a needle, to quote JC.
LouNeko@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Those who dig others a grave shouldn't throw rocks.
LengAwaits@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
Delphia@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
WONT SOMEBODY PLEASE, COME OVERE HERE AND...
TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Fuck
Delphia@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
ME UP THE...
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 1y
You can get a good look at a t-bone by sticking your head up a butchers ass, but I'd rather take the bulls word for it.
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 1y
What the fuck is this from? I know this quote; the unflipped one
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
Tommy Boy.
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y
Thanks. That was making my brain itchy.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 9 pts · 1y
You're barking up the wrong metaphor
Hupf@feddit.org · 8 pts · 1y
Malamanteau
Also,
https://youtu.be/THNPmhBl-8I
lime@feddit.nu · 8 pts · 1y
one of my favourites is "the sharpest bulb in the box"
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
You made my day, now you have to sleep in it
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
She looks like she's been through the run of the mill
extratone@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
You can't have your cake.
over_clox@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
You can lead a whore to water, but you can't make her douche.
Orbituary@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
I spit my drink. Oh well, it's water under the fridge.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
🎵 Under the fridge downtown is where I chewed some cud!
SPRUNT@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Ricky-isms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3dYMQgopIY
dont@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
For those of you speaking German: Hast du enen Scherzkeks gefrühstückt?
Dagwood222@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
From the TV show Angel.
Harmony, vampire ex-cheerleader
"You're preaching to the horse's mouth!"
sweafa@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 1y
i like to say "das leben ist kein ponyschlecken" and "das leben ist kein zuckerhof".
ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
You would say that.
BodePlotHole@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Does the pope shit in the woods?
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y
No, but I certainly do
BodePlotHole@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
"#makepoopwhilethesunshines"
Eww@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Not the brightest knife in the tool room.
bitchkat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Who told you that?
bitchkat@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
You can't crack an omelet without making eggs.
DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Me when I say I'll meet new people: we'll burn that bridge when we get to it.
CptOblivius@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
What ever floats your goat.
Noodle07@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
My favorite one in French that I use all the time: c'est l'hôpital qui se fout de la charrue avant les bœufs
ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I like one from a They Might Be Giants song, you made my day, now you have to sleep in it.
m0stlyharmless@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
You can give a man a drink and his thirst will be quenched for a day, but if you show a man to the water source, he will be quenched for the rest of his life.
Rhoeri@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Nasan@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
It's raining cobras and mongooses.
Boomkop3@reddthat.com · -2 pts · 1y
This looks like ai slop