StanleyStutters
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Reading through this again I saw it isn't deep-seeded. That's another one I've been saying wrong my whole life.
idioms you realize you've been saying wrong your whole life
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Apparently this reference turned out to be something of a damp squid.
Check Mark
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Son you don't even understand how much this is killing me. I'm just sitting here imagining
LOL just let them be bi gons!
GillianSeed79
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I always thought it was "tow the line" until I got to college and it was pointed out that it's actually "toe the line." That's why I hate idioms. They hardly have any meaning these days, they're just random sayings that people use.
Prinz Eugn
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According to Wiktionary, it's a US-Canada thing. I thought it was kiddy corner, but apparently it's kitty corner or catty corner. I don't feel too bad, since here in the US there's not much of a difference between the pronunciation of kitty and kiddy...
SeaOfMadness
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it really doesn't take much to learn the correct way to write these. there's at least a few songs entitled "toe the line".
the thing that's nice about idioms is many of them say so much in so few words. some are like an entire story in one or two words (e.g. "crying wolf")
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
That's what I thought, but then I clicked his tag and it linked to a twitter account for Tim Lewinson and I was like "derp."
MCtalkfunny
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Always thought is was "Don't Lick a gift Horse in the mouth" not don't "look" a gift horse in the mouth. Never thought anything of it, always thought it was just a perfect saying for when you wanted to say "hey, don't do weird shit weirdo."
Thought it had something to do with people who licked frogs to get high. Like frogs are ok but licking a horse can get you killed.
The only things I ever thought was weird was why Gift was in there. Have a whole bit about this in my act so at least I got that out I it.
Thought it had something to do with people who licked frogs to get high. Like frogs are ok but licking a horse can get you killed.
The only things I ever thought was weird was why Gift was in there. Have a whole bit about this in my act so at least I got that out I it.
Medium comes from Latin and pretty much literally means "middle" so I don't see how it makes any less sense than median.
U n i o n 0015
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Worse comes to worse
or
Worse comes to worst.
I think these are debatable, though.
or
Worse comes to worst.
I think these are debatable, though.
How? "Worse" is already "worse." If the comparative suddenly becomes the superlative, then worse -> worst. i.e. it can't get any worse, therefore it is "worst."
GameplayWhore
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Saw this one not long after checking out this thread. It was fixed promptly, to Xenon's credit, but it's one that I thought was pretty interesting, and I've heard it before.
As for my troubles with my native language, it's not an idiom, but I wonder how many people other than me before 2001 pronounced segue as "seeg" instead of "segway".
I hears someone say they sleep in the 'fetus position'
weemadarthur
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Cause you're a city kid?
You tell a horse's age by the wear on its back teeth*. Examining a gift too closely and whining that it ought to be better yet, is generally offensive to the giver.
*i hear. I'm a city kid too.
Wow I just realized this after reading your post, I'm dumb.
ProfessorLobo
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And here I was about to correct you thinking it was "don't look a gimp horse in the mouth". What the fuck is a gift horse?
I like my idiom. "Don't antagonize those that are already poorer off than you."
Thursday War
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what's the correct way to say this?
For all intents and purposes.
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A More Normal Bird
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Yep, unlike people saying they could care less when they couldn't, some of these make sense even if they're "wrong", in which case it depends how pedantic you want to be about sticking to tradition.
If worse is comparative, why can't it get worse? For example, "things just keep getting better and better,", "more and more," etc... Worse comes to worst is the idiom and I don't think worse comes to worse actually makes any sense, but surely you can use worse in relation to itself in other contexts?
Similar to this I hear a lot of people say foliage as foi-lee-age. I think it's because the i and l are so close together and look so similar.
I am sorry to be the baron of bad news, but you seem buttered, so allow me to play doubles advocate here for a moment. For all intensive purposes I think you are wrong. In an age where false morals are a diamond dozen, true virtues are a blessing in the skies, and are more than just ice king on the cake. We often put our false morality on a petal stool like a bunch of pre-Madonnas, but you all seem to be taking something very valuable for granite.
So I ask of you to mustard up all the strength you can because it is a doggy dog world out there. Although there is some merit to what you are saying it seems like you have a huge ship on your shoulder. In your argument you seem to throw everything in but the kids Nsync, and even though you are having a feel day with this I am here to bring you back into reality.
I have a sick sense when it comes to these types of things. It is almost spooky, because I cannot turn a blonde eye to these glaring flaws in your rhetoric. I have zero taller ants when it comes to people spouting out hate in the name of moral righteousness. You just need to remember what comes around is all around, and when supply and command fails you will be the first to go.
Make my words, when you get down to brass stacks it doesn't take rocket appliances to get two birds stoned at once. It's clear who makes the pants in this relationship, and sometimes you just have to swallow your prize and accept the fax, instead of making a half-harded effort. You might have to come to this conclusion through denial and error but I swear on my mother's mating name that when you put the petal to the medal you will pass with flying carpets like it's a peach of cake.
SeaOfMadness
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adamsappel
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I like correcting people who say this, even if I come off as a jerk, because "champ" is just a cooler way to say it.
Also, one is on tenterhooks, not tenderhooks.
Sure, I suppose things could get worse than "worse," but then the word would still be "worse" and that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The "comes to" part implies that it's approaching some limit, in this case, "worst." At least that's my take on it.
Portugeezer
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Make ends meet = make Heinz meat
IDK... always heard it used in context of poverty and money issues, thought Heinz makes tinned baked beans and thought people just said it like cheap meat as in cheap food... yeah... am I crazy?
Son of a bitch = sunnovabitch
Thought it was just a weird swear word as a kid, didn't realise it was son of a bitch lol.
As a much younger kid, not an idiom, but:
Celine Dion = Saddam Hussein (don't ask...)
IDK... always heard it used in context of poverty and money issues, thought Heinz makes tinned baked beans and thought people just said it like cheap meat as in cheap food... yeah... am I crazy?
Son of a bitch = sunnovabitch
Thought it was just a weird swear word as a kid, didn't realise it was son of a bitch lol.
As a much younger kid, not an idiom, but:
Celine Dion = Saddam Hussein (don't ask...)
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Today I learned that it's not "deep seeded"
I assumed it was like a plant growing from way below, deep seeded, like deep rooted.
I assumed it was like a plant growing from way below, deep seeded, like deep rooted.
stargateheaven
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I can't stand "I could care less". And what's worse is people saying "No, you can say both".
lol. no.
lol. no.
Edwards_Omatic
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It was pointed out a month or so ago that I've been saying 'box standard' instead of 'bog standard'.
Box standard still makes more sense to me... I mean bog standard? Who came up with that shit.
Box standard still makes more sense to me... I mean bog standard? Who came up with that shit.
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