Puzzle Description:

We'll burn that bridge when we come to it.

#1: Ellen Vollor (evollor) on Apr 24, 2013 [SPOILER]

I thought that it was 'we will cross that bridge when we get to it'

Exactly, Ellen. Thus the title of "Messed up saying...."

There's a name for these, too but I don't remember it. Kind of in the same league as someone saying "old timer's disease".

They were called Fractured Phrases in my neck of the woods.

A related one to this one is: A lot of water has been passed over that bridge since then.

"Old timer's disease" is an eggcorn, whereas the closest I can find for these would be catachresis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catachresis

There used to be a comedian Norm Crosby (maybe still doing Vegas?) whose shtick was known as malapropism. He would use a similar but wrong word in a way that would give the sentence the wrong but very funny meaning.

cool solve

I think they are called mixed metaphors...? I am enjoying them, no matter what they are called, lol...thanks, Brian!

ROFL!

I often say "We'll jump off that bridge when we come to it."
(It's from City Slickers--I just looked it up) :)

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