Expert golfer Steve Roehm said in praise of his partner's drive, "You hit it straight as a dime." A fellow golfer asked, "You meant  to say, 'straight as a die'?" Steve replied, "Depends on how you look at the dime." That makes it a malaphor.

B. Boone, the manager of our local golf club, describing a fellow with a hair-trigger temper: "He went apocalyptic." That's much more violent than "apoplectic."

Professor Warren Silver forwarded his daughter's suggestion that he "put this in your hat and smoke it."

An author recommended, "A leader should encourage her people to bring their best problem-solving skills to bare." And should they tell her the truth about her "new clothes"?

Guy Kawasaki advises new authors, "Do not hide under a bushel." If you keep your flashlight handy, you can read your book in there.

An author writing about expanding her promotional opportunities:"I'm keeping my ear to the grindstone." Ouch. Better to keep your nose to the rail.