eggcorn versus malaprop

[Brenda Lester]

How about:
  "Get this asshole off my back."



Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:  At 6:29 PM -0500 2/1/06, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>Angie and I are renovating our kitchen and bathroom before inviting wedding
>guests over. The management company requires a $2,500 deposit, then a $400
>fee,  and then there are the costs for a new toilet, bathroom sink,
>refrigerator,
>  dishwasher, stove, kitchen cabinets... I said that I'm glad we'll soon be
>over  with all this. She said:
>...
>"Don't count your eggs before they're hatched."
>
and by all means don't put all your chickens in one basket either
(she clucked).

Actually, one of these I've heard a lot is "water over the bridge" or
possibly even "water under the dam".

L

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