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theyuniversity · 3 months
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gallup24 · 3 months
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In which God? Someone? shows their presence
I feel like your tomato and my tomato might mean different things.
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This scene bugs me. Gabriel does his naked walk down Whickber Street from the garden.
And as he struts his strut on over to you the tomatoes roll from the stand across the street.
Gabriel's Arrival upset the apple cart, the tomato cart, the what?
Come with me as I explore ripe fruit, grammar and divine influence.
The word tomato comes from the Aztec “xitomatl,” or Mayan “tomatl.” The tomato was introduced to Europe as a result of Spanish conquest. It's Latin name is Solanum lycopersicum, which translates to Soothing Wolfpeach.
The French thought tomatoes could make you fall in love, called them pomme d'amour or love apples. Italians called them pomodoro or Golden Apple. The first apples tomatoes from South America weren't red, but yellow. 
Tomato is an apple, got it. And a peach.
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This new food wasn't trusted. Some believed tomatoes were poisonous. Tomatoes are in the nightshade family, some of which are deadly. 
Then there was the misattributed lead poisoning. Wealthy Europeans used pewter plates and flatware. Acid from the tomatoes would interact with lead in the plates, poisoning them. The poor didn't have fancy plates and lived to eat more tomatoes. There was just a smidge of distrust over the fruit. 
In 1820, New Jersey colonel, Robert Johnson, tried to win over skeptics by eating a basket of tomatoes in public to show he wouldn't drop dead. 
"To help dispel the tall tales, the fantastic fables that you have been hearing ... And to prove to you that it is not poisonous I am going to eat one right now"... There was not a sound as the Col. dramatically brought the tomato to his lips and took a bite. A woman in the crowd screamed and fainted but no one paid her any attention; they were all watching Col. Johnson as he took one bite after another. ... He raised both his arms, and again bit into one and then the other. The crowd cheered and the firemen's band blared a song. ... "He's done it", they shouted. "He's still alive!"
All this misunderstanding and confusion about tomatoes.
Tomato is considered a fruit, the sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food.
So, you'd mix those apples and tomatoes and peaches in a nice fruit salad? Fruit salad, yummy yummy.
"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing you shouldn't put it in a fruit salad."
Wisdom and knowledge. Apples and tomatoes.
Which leads us to what is really going on. If you know, please tell me.
Upsetting the apple cart is an idiom which means to upset the status quo or to cause trouble.
But Gabriel's Arrival upsets the tomato cart.
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Upsetting the tomato cart is a malaphor. Two figures of speech combined, a blend of a malapropism and metaphor.
Examples:
We'll burn that bridge when we get to it.
It's not rocket surgery.
You opened that can of worms, now lie in it.
"Upsetting the apple cart" is combined with "tomayto, tomahto." Apples and tomatoes.
"You like potato and I like potato
You like tomato and I like tomato
Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto"
Line in the song "Let's call the whole thing off." From the 1937 film Shall we Dance.
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"Tomayto, tomahto and potayto, potahto are two phrases that mean the difference between two things is trivial. The terms tomayto, tomahto and potayto, potahto may be used dismissively, for instance, when the speaker does not believe someone has a valid point or does not acknowledge the importance of his belief."
Edit: @onceuponathyme noted they thought about the song in connection to Crowley's "You say potato, I say excellent" line about body snatching. Now I say EXCELLENT!
Combining things you normally wouldn't. The difference is trivial.
You say demon and I say angel. 
No, really.
Demon, original Greek word daimōn, is divine power or spirit. It didn't have Hell attached yet.
Angel original Greek is angelos or messenger. Add Abrahamic religion and voilà - heavenly messenger. 
 Potato, potahto. Demon, angel.
So far we have a malaphor, ancient Greek and tomato puns.
Let's get to the meat and tomatoes. The double-meaning of Apple Cart.
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The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza
Satirical play written by George Bernard Shaw
Did I read it? No, but I read several summaries. That's the literary equivalent of staying in the Holiday Inn. There is a movie, BBC Play of the month in 1975 starring Nigel Davenport and Helen Mirren, not currently available on any platforms.
Written in 1928, set in 1967, a fictional king fights with and outwits his prime minister and his cabinet who want to strip the monarchy of remaining political influence.
From the Harvard Crimson
"The Apple Cart is a treatise on the impossibility of any kind of government. Democracy, autocracy, and monarchy are all making the best of a bad situation, and none of them is doing very well. Shaw is no anarchist; he simply wants us to recognize, as King Magnus does, the invisible shackles that trip government and turn it into a farce.
Magnus, the imaginary English king who tries to beat the democrats at their own game, is the character who teaches Shaw's lesson... Magnus flatters, cajoles, and bullies his barnyards of ministers and then, like an ironic lemur, sits back to watch them do just what he intended all along."
And there we have it. The Apple Cart.
The players are God, Heaven, Hell and Humanity. And maybe three kids caught up in an occult baby swap.
Will the current system stay in place or will the apple cart be overturned?
Will someone stop the demons and angels who are so committed to The System they see no other path forward other than Armageddon? 
"Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto
Let's call the whole thing off"
Let's call the whole thing off. No Armageddon. No sides. Just choice.
I think Season 3 is going to show us how many demons and angels have already chosen to throw off their labels and just be on their own side. It's not just Gabriel and Beelzebub.
There's been signs.
Everything is meant.
Take some time and read through this fabulous meta by noneorother. I read it, sat staring in a daze at the wall for a while and then read it again. 
Neil and Company spent ALLOT OF TIME AND EFFORT making sure this code is embedded in Season 2.
From bird calls to bells, there is a pattern. It's not just really elaborate editing. I think it's also meant to be evidence of God.
She is in Season 2 and She is everywhere. It's a literal perfect pairing. It's balance. It's ineffable. 
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EVERYTHING is meant. There's no mistakes in what they created.
Every sideburn, every repeating extra, every continuity "error". No matter how many times things need reset, it's not error. It's design.
I think every reset of Soho has been God trying to get something Very Specific to happen. She's restacking the deck to break the bureaucracy. To upset the apple cart. It's the Ineffable plan. 
"Have we done anything wrong?" asks Uriel. "That remains to be seen," responds Metatron.
It seems like She is working against Someone, or Someones.
Metatron is pretty darn suspect.
I do wonder if it might also be Adam Young, acting on his own. Resetting Soho. Bringing people back from the dead. He's the only Occult Being who is shown to have the power to reset the world. There's also hints Death might be on unscheduled holiday through Season 2. Did Adam find a way?
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GABRIEL
God does not play games with the universe!
Crowley and Aziraphale look at him with pity.
CROWLEY
Where have you been?
-Good Omens Script Book
The Ineffable Plan
Everything, every choice, every inconsistentincy has been to get Aziraphale on that elevator. Remember Metatron's sigh of relief?
He is the key to breaking the bureaucracy.
"We are here to lick some serious butt." Aziraphale / Madame Tracy, Good Omens Season 1
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Original post and rb
"Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto
Let's call the whole thing off"
Let's call the whole thing off. No Armageddon. No sides anymore. No Heaven or Hell. Something in between with shades of grey.
Just choice. Just be an us.
What will Aziraphale say to Crowley when they reunite in Season 3?
"I love you from my head to-ma-toes."
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certified-scoundrel · 9 months
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It took me till my 4th read through of Good Omens to realize “either shit or get out of the kitchen” wasn’t just some smart people thing I didn’t understand- Its just a malaphor (a combination of two idioms, like ‘well burn that bridge when we get to it’) of “either shit or get off the pot” and “if you cant stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”
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thenarwhalgal · 7 months
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I am like a frog jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire.
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rainyclouds64 · 7 months
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"Stop and smell the roses"
Boring.
"You can't have your cake and eat it too"
Odd phrasing.
"Stop and smell your cake and eat it too"
New. Cool. Inspiring. Delicious. Perfect advice for a person who just baked a cake.
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adventurecat13 · 9 months
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We'll burn that bridge when we get to it 🔥
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ungewohnlichewolke · 29 days
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i prpose a new malaphor
✨️kicking the hay ✨️
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egoriv · 9 months
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vampireopossum · 9 months
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the early bird in the hand is worth two worms .
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moyavera · 1 year
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I’ll bite the hand that rocks the cradle,
And I’ll burn the cradle, too.
I’ll bundle up in the center of the flames
Because hurting me, is hurting you.
I’ll burn that bridge when I get to it
And when I see you charging towards me,
I’ll douse myself in kerosene, scratch a match,
And light a cigarette.
I’ll shoot all your ducks in a row,
And I’ll roast them over a bonfire, and use your photos as kindling
I’ll skip rocks on the roof of your glass house
And when I collapse with it, I’ll bury you under the ceiling
I’ll burn away the parts of me made of you
And maybe that’ll stop the bleeding, cauterizing these wounds
I’ll be tender and fleshless, but I’ll heal
And I’ll grow skin you’ve never sullied, I’ll be anew
the fire stops with me
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theyuniversity · 9 months
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audoneout · 1 year
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New favorite malaphor unlocked, the road to hell is lined with silver
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the-ellia-west · 6 months
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Fun Malaphor of the Day
Biting up the wrong Bullet
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perpetualphilomath · 1 year
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Is "Eat shit, sherlock" a malaphor? I need to know.
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ampersketch-art · 1 year
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You can lead a egg to water but you can’t make it omelette.
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