Which misquoted Idioms make you twitch?
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you know the ones;
"Just nip it in the butt" ... urrgh
"I'm not trying to invent the wheel here" >_<
""it was a bit of a damp squid" .... really?
you know the ones;
"Just nip it in the butt" ... urrgh
"I'm not trying to invent the wheel here" >_<
""it was a bit of a damp squid" .... really?
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"I could care less."
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! Gah that infuriates me soo much!
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I had a coworker that always used pacifically instead of specifically, it drove me nuts.
I used to be guilty of this but only because I had like a weird stuttery mental block and couldn't actually say "specific".
all better now!
My favorites is definitely "An escape goat"
Anther that I often hear: "That doesn't jive"
Lol escape goat, I'll have to remember that one
“Supposably”
Just found one on a news story -
"Struck a cord"