A Malaphorium malaphor

Cross your eyes and dot your t’s.

A close-up of a man holding a phone. Text: “Cross your eyes and dot your t’s.”
Photograph
Viktor Bystrov
Original photo
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Concept and visual curation by Mic Schut

Explain the joke, Peter

Original phrase

  • Cross your t's and dot your i's

“Cross your t's and dot your i's” got its instructions hopelessly mixed up. The details are technically covered, but now nobody can see straight.