| Sayings People Get Wrong? 22:43 - Jun 2 with 5260 views | Chris_ITFC |
“Ducks in a roll” is a great image. Tasty too, depending on the type of roll. 
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| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 10:41 - Jun 3 with 1050 views | NthQldITFC |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 10:34 - Jun 3 by redrickstuhaart |
Are people coming up with these off their own backs? |
If so they've got bats in the pantry. |  |
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| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 10:42 - Jun 3 with 1046 views | J2BLUE |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 06:46 - Jun 3 by Perublue |
For me, loose and lose is the the one that really destroys a well crafted post by someone. |
Yea there posts lose all credibility when they make that mistake.
That one always stands out like a neon sign to me ^ |  | | |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 10:43 - Jun 3 with 1049 views | gosblue |
On tender hooks |  | | |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 10:43 - Jun 3 with 1049 views | redrickstuhaart |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 10:38 - Jun 3 by BasingstokeBlue |
"Crown jewels" (priceless items kept in the Tower of London) used instead of "family jewels" (a chap's private parts, required for making a family*).
"Spitting feathers" (very thirsty) used instead of "spitting fire" (very angry).
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* with certain exceptions, of course |
The feathers one appears very much disputed and subject of a north south divide. | |
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| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 12:28 - Jun 3 with 967 views | Wicksy |
Go over it with a fine toothcomb
Rather than with a fine-toothed comb |  |
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| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 12:52 - Jun 3 with 939 views | FBI |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 08:30 - Jun 3 by Keno |
in a similar vane has literally become a tad over used?
I mean literally everyone seems to say in literally ever other sentence |
(Doths cap for strategic use of 'vane') Not sure weather that was you're intention, mind. |  |
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| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 13:02 - Jun 3 with 913 views | RonFearonsHair |
'reigning in' rather than 'reining in'
'seen as' rather than 'seeing as' |  | | |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 13:05 - Jun 3 with 909 views | NthQldITFC |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 12:28 - Jun 3 by Wicksy |
Go over it with a fine toothcomb
Rather than with a fine-toothed comb |
That one really pisses me. | |
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| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 13:18 - Jun 3 with 884 views | Cheshire_Tractor |
Schedule being pronounced Sked-yule, but does seem to be the more common pronunciation these days. |  | | |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 13:24 - Jun 3 with 875 views | thorpedo |
I need some 'Rest bite' from this thread...... |  |
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| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 17:41 - Jun 3 with 786 views | Portmanteauxcurling |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 22:48 - Jun 2 by Chris_ITFC |
Brilliant!
Dripping wet.
Soaking wet.
Jesus wet.
Someone needs to truly define this scale. |
"Jesus wet".
Isn't that when you're entirely dry except for the soles of your feet?
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| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 17:45 - Jun 3 with 782 views | Portmanteauxcurling |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 22:54 - Jun 2 by TRUE_BLUE123 |
I know a guy who confuses throwing toys out the pram and throwing the baby out with the bathwater and when instructing people not to overreact will say "Don't throw the baby out the Pram" |
I know a guy who got in a muddle over "as mad as a hatter" and "as mad as a box of frogs" and said "as mad as a box of hats".
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| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 17:51 - Jun 3 with 771 views | RonFearonsHair |
"His going to do that." rather than "He's going to do that." | | | |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 17:59 - Jun 3 with 765 views | Perublue |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 10:02 - Jun 3 by Rocky |
A Lancashire friend of mine was mystified when I told him that a mutual acquaintance was "a bit queer." I had to explain that it meant he was feeling ill. |
… and wars have begun over less,just shows how important communication and education of each other’s cultures are. |  |
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| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 20:56 - Jun 3 with 686 views | Mercian |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 22:50 - Jun 2 by NthQldITFC |
Proof in the pudding. |
And and the pudding in this case is a football. |  | | |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 21:18 - Jun 3 with 672 views | WeWereZombies |
I read earlier on another thread of someone having their interest peaked, well it is one letter less than pique my interest... |  |
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| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 07:33 - Jun 4 with 609 views | ZapatasMoustache |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 20:56 - Jun 3 by Mercian |
And and the pudding in this case is a football. |
Full marks for the Alan reference. This one is interesting because even when people get it ‘right’ they get it wrong. ‘The proof of the pudding is in the eating’ is the real aphorism, so if it’s going to be shortened it should be ‘the proof is in the eating’! |  | | |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 08:40 - Jun 4 with 571 views | OldFart71 |
Sorry if this is off thread. But a chap we had at work we called "Pissed off" as when you asked him how he was he'd say "Pissed off"
Several little ditties you may or may not know.
Years ago people took small piglets to market in a sack so the expression came about a "Pig in a poke"
Often they tried to scam buyers by putting a cat in the bag, but the buyer wouldn't fall for it. Hence "Letting the cat out of the bag"
It was said that "Money for old rope" came about because old hangmans rope was cut into pieces and sold.
Dead Ringer came about as in the past a tube would be put down to a buried coffin. At the top would be a bell and a string down the tube to the coffin so if the "Dead person" came to life they could ring the bell. | | | |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 08:46 - Jun 4 with 569 views | Perublue |
Going daringly off topic perhaps …. H …… is aitch not Haitch ….and it’s Antony not AnFony … it’s enough to make me go postal. | |
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| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 09:02 - Jun 4 with 548 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 23:33 - Jun 2 by J2BLUE |
Pre Madonna is my favourite. |
Who would that be? Debbie Harry? | | | |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 09:10 - Jun 4 with 539 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 08:25 - Jun 3 by Keno |
The Nanny State gone mad |
Did you say that in a gruff voice? Are you trolling? | | | |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 09:11 - Jun 4 with 539 views | TheGentlemanViking |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 10:20 - Jun 3 by Cafe_Newman |
I could care less. |
Beat me to it. This one really grinds my gears. |  | | |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 09:18 - Jun 4 with 535 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 10:41 - Jun 3 by NthQldITFC |
If so they've got bats in the pantry. |
Dirty little monsters
Eating all the morsels
Picking up the rubbish
I think I may have just got the Parklife meme wrong! | | | |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 09:32 - Jun 4 with 520 views | WeWereZombies |
| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 08:46 - Jun 4 by Perublue |
Going daringly off topic perhaps …. H …… is aitch not Haitch ….and it’s Antony not AnFony … it’s enough to make me go postal. |
Say aitch in the wrong company and you could be in trouble
Say haitch in the wrong company and you could be in trouble
There is more to this than you think. | |
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| Sayings People Get Wrong? on 09:51 - Jun 4 with 495 views | Phantasm |
Sneak peak really winds me up.
A sneak peak would be a pilot's worst nightmare. Perhaps if he'd taken a sneak peek out of his window he'd have seen it coming. Perhaps if it surprised him how interesting it was it'd be a sneak pique. | | | |
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