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Chris -- 2025-05-10
While talking to my gardener the other day, he said that a local landscape contractor had gotten too big for his bridges.
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Welcome to the Eggcorn Forum, Bobc. The eggcorn you mention is a variant of one that I proposed a while back…
Don’t burn your BRITCHES (bridges) by jorkel Contribute! 0 2006-11-09 04:48:16 by jorkel
Actually, your eggcorn works in the opposite direction, so it might be a distinct find. The task will be to elaborate on the imagery of “bridges” which gives “too big for his bridges” a legitimate sense.
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If you’re too big for your bridges you’re gonna have trouble getting anywhere, aren’t you?
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and a landscape contractor may easily be transporting things that are too big for a bridge—like large trees, etc.?
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