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# Don’t Burn Bridges Before You Have Crossed Him
- URL: https://goodoil.news/dont-burn-bridges-before-you-have-crossed-him/
- Published: 2020-02-18T00:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-02-17T10:20:26.000Z
- Author: Juana Atkins
- Tags: Fun Stuff, NZ, NZ Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24

On the weekend **Simon Bridges** made a hilarious malaphor, an error in which two similar figures of speech are mashed together, on [a Radio Station](https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/02/a-radio-station-is-scared-of-a-website/?ref=goodoil.news).

Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched + Don’t take people for granted = **We don’t count our chickens for granted**

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The BFD. Count chickens for granted?…What? An example of Simglish

Here are some examples of malaphors:

We will cross that bridge when we get to it + Don’t burn your bridges = **We will** **burn that bridge when we get to it**

It isn’t rocket science + It’s not brain surgery = **It’s not rocket surgery**

Does a bear shit in the woods? + People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones + A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush = **A bear in a glass house is worth two in the woods.**

Does the Pope wear a funny hat? + Speak of the devil and he shall appear = **Speak of the Pope and he shall appear.**

People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones + We will cross that bridge when we get to it = **People in glass bridges shouldn’t cross when they come to it.**

Feel free to share your own malaphors in the comments below…