My girlfriend has a knack for creative phrases. Today's gem was "he's a hard egg to crack".
Another recurring utterance is "pigeon toed" instead of "pigeonholed"
Every conversation is an adventure. I just enjoy them now.
Heard any good ones?
My girlfriend has a knack for creative phrases. Today's gem was "he's a hard egg to crack".
Another recurring utterance is "pigeon toed" instead of "pigeonholed"
Every conversation is an adventure. I just enjoy them now.
Heard any good ones?
For all intensive purposes yes I do.
Intensive purposes is the most maddening of them all. This is the only one I bother to correct.
How about "the proof is in the pudding"?
Hearing someone say 'prostrate cancer' is like hearing nails on a chalkboard.
If she's hot I would say it irregardless whether she speaks good or don't.
No, it's a genetic thing, not fair to bother them.
The word irregardless is super duper annoying- hearing it sends me into orbit.
I usually don't correct them because it's a mute point. Usually I could care less.
This is a no win situation. If you correct her, she won't like it. But if you don't nip it in the butt, she'll get mad at you later for not letting her know before she embarrasses herself publicly.
NCIS TV show had a running storyline on Ziva Davids mangling ofcommon expressions.
Always sounded to contrived.
http://ncis.wikia.com/wiki/Ziva-Isms
. Sometimes it's hard to see the jungle through the ferns.
Do you mind if I grab a bat nap?
Can't call out I'm braless wrote:
NCIS TV show had a running storyline on Ziva Davids mangling of common expressions.
Always sounded too contrived.
http://ncis.wikia.com/wiki/Ziva-Isms. Sometimes it's hard to see the jungle through the ferns.
Do you mind if I grab a bat nap?
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My girlfriend has a knack for creative phrases. Today's gem was "he's a hard egg to crack".
Another recurring utterance is "pigeon toed" instead of "pigeonholed"
Every conversation is an adventure. I just enjoy them now.
Heard any good ones?
'Hard egg to crack' does the job just fine. At least it makes some sort of sense.
One of the French benefits of being well educated is correcting dumb basses who butch her these phrases. In this doggy dog world, it is a good way to set myself a part.
I just made a delicious breakfast. Bone apple tea!!!!
My friend says "it's a tough nut to swallow".
It's too funny to correct.
My wife used to say 'play it by year'. It would send me off a wall.
hrey wrote:
How about "the proof is in the pudding"?
Why this is wrong? It simply means the proof that the method works is that the pudding tastes good at the end.
I had a co-worker once who used to say "chomping a the bit". I corrected her once, explaining that the expression is "champing". She adamantly refused to believe me.
yeah - "fore, all intensive porpoises" drives me crazy.