Sunday Express Skeleton 3Rd November
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Was listening to Stuart Maconie on radio 2 talking about the phrases that people get wrong. He said that someone confessed to thinking that the saying was 'no rest for the whippet' and used it frequently until very recently!
What's the best wrong saying you've heard?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It's easy to get things wrong in another language. Some examples:
The English guest who wanted to compliment her hosts on their home-made jam. 'How nice to have jam without preservatives', she thought she said. Unfortunately, 'preservatifs' is French for contraceptives.
The Times journalist married to a Czech man thought she should join in his family's conversations more often. Her 'I can't see, the sun is in my ears' had them rolling around, as did the intention to say 'She isn't hungry', coming out as 'She hasn't got a castle'. Of a pet terrapin.
My own Dad (retired) at his Italian class, when asked what did he do, meant to say 'I don't work', but said 'I don't wash'.
My wife comes out with one evry few weeks or so. To date, her two most notable have been:
Spending money hand over foot(should be hand over fist) and getting everything done in one fowl swoop(one fell swoop).
To digress slightly we once saw a young bloke walking out of a local hotel. He was wearing a red sweatshirt with a large white cross in the middle. My wife asked "Do you think he works for the Red Cross"? I said "No, I think he comes from Switzerland". Now you know what I am dealing with here!
it's annoying when people use the phrase 'a sight for sore eyes' as an insult to an ugly person, when in fact it means the person - or thing - is very beautiful so its like a soothing balm for sore eyes.
when I was little i was always a bit miffed when tv announcers said the next programme was for 'young of you-ers' as i knew it didn't sound right, but figured it was just a phrase. obviously i later realised it was 'younger viewers'