Paving the door. LOL Is there a word when you mix up idioms?

[Baitball Blogger]

I meant to say, paving the way and it came out "paving the door."

And once I got slaughtered on a British social group when I wrote, "Mia Culpa." Telling them I was latin american did not save me.

[C_U_L8R]

1. Malaprop?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism

[Baitball Blogger]

2. I know about malapropisms.

Also known as the Norm Crosbys. But mixing idioms takes a special kind of brain misfire. At least malapropisms have phonetic similarities.

[MyOwnPeace]

3. Read this! He writes about such things in sports.....

Every year he gives awards (well, writes about giving them ) related to famous people in sports.

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/gene-collier/2019/12/29/trite-trophy-2019-gene-collier-cliches-mixologist-medal-antonio-brown/stories/201912290039

[Baitball Blogger]

9. I'm embarrassed to say that I read some of those terms as if for the first time.

Actually, it was, indeed, the first time.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Mixed metaphor

When you open that Pandora’s box, you find it full of Trojan horses.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Mixed metaphors probably comes the closest.

[nocoincidences]

6. Malaphor

So says the Internet.

A malaphor is a mashing of two phrases to create a unique and bizarre saying. For example, you could combine "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it" and the idea of "burning bridges" to create "We'll burn that bridge when we come to it."

My favorite is: It's not rocket surgery.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Omigod! You win the thread.

Thank you. Malaphor it is. Sounds like the name of the antagonist in a Tolkien story.

[nocoincidences]

11. Omigosh, I am so honored!!

I'd like to thank the online dictionary for being so thorough, Google for giving me funny images that illlustrate the Rocket Man malaphor, my parents for giving me a love of language...and so many others. Thank you thank you thank you!!

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8. Mixed metaphors really rub me up the wrong tree

[MyOwnPeace]

10. Indeed!

[adnoid]

14. At least a tree...

Provides a nice perch for your door buzzard.

[unblock]

15. The door buzzard!

An oldie but a goodie!

[unc70]

12. Well that's a fly in the ointment

As my MiL used to say, among many similar things. Her husband was a nationally known writer. They made a great couple.

[NNadir]

13. I may be pushing my buck but my luck stops here.

[Bayard]

16. My 2 favorites

The cat's pajamas

The shoes have turned