Eggcorn?---("the life and blood of")

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Looks rather like a blend: "the life and blood of" from  "the life's blood of" + "the heart and soul of."
 
Gerald Cohen

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From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Charles Doyle
Sent: Mon 8/7/2006 2:54 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Eggcorn?



I've just read a final exam esssay in which one of my students avers that metaphors "form the life and blood of proverbs and riddles."  A Google(TM) search for "the life and blood of" yields 639 hits (+ 207 in books), in contrast to "the life's blood of" with a surprisingly low 16,900 hits (+ 604 in books).

--Charlie

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