Root expressions:
“"You've buttered your bread, now eat it!"”
“"You've made your bed, now sleep in it!"”
“"You've buttered your bread, now eat it!"”
“"You've made your bed, now sleep in it!"”
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| This has the advantage of being family friendly too, unlike the similar one that already exists. David Cecchetto, 1/12/10 |
| I also like "Cream of the litter" (cream of the crop - pick of the litter). A nice incongruent one in the same vein is "Runt of the crop." Matt Barber, 12/7/09 |
| I think that comment might warrant a separate submission. This workshop is getting full - maybe I should update the official list. And maybe I should finally get around to compiling a reduced list of 50 or so that represent the cream of the heap. William, 12/7/09 |
| Wow, I worded that very poorly. I must've been caught between a jam and a pickle. Matt Barber, 12/7/09 |
| This is a variation on a congruent conflation which already appears on the page. It is a line which is given to Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio. I think it is a great conflation because not only are the roots congruent not only in meaning but also in form, but the antecedent phrase in each root rhymes with that in the other root, which allows both forms of the conflation to arise effortlessly -- "You've made your bed, now eat it!" works just as well. Matt Barber, 12/4/09 |
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