March 23, 20179 yr I work with a guy - really good dude - who seems to say every single idiom and expression incorrectly. Some days it's entertaining, others it's annoying....but it's uncanny how consistent he is in screwing them up. On Monday I decided I'd jot down a few days' worth of them and start a thread here. Thought we could see what other folks have heard mis-used, or mis-used themselves. "a real oiled machine" instead of "a well oiled machine" "for all intensive purposes" instead of "for all intents and purposes" "tough road to hoe" instead of "tough row to hoe" "meant that tongue and cheek" instead of "meant that tongue-in-cheek" "got his just deserves" instead of "got his just deserts" "one in the same" instead of "one and the same" ....I've heard him use all of those just since Monday morning.
March 23, 20179 yr Author Another one I've heard him say on numerous previous occasions is "mute point" instead of "moot point".
March 23, 20179 yr We all feel your pain, but these are comical....you can take a horse to water but you can't teach him to drink. :lol2:
March 23, 20179 yr Indiana. Fo sho. Seriously...EVERYONE I work with that lives in Indiana uses these idioms incorrectly. Every.Single.One of them
March 23, 20179 yr :lol2: I've heard all of those said incorrectly in those same ways. Edited March 24, 20179 yr by Jumper_Dad
March 23, 20179 yr Seriously...EVERYONE I work with that lives in Indiana uses these idioms incorrectly. Every.Single.One of them Agree 100%
March 23, 20179 yr Not idioms, but these drive me crazy. Hear these... Valentimes Hallmart Walmarks See these typed out... I have a car for sell I asked him if he'd sale it to me
March 23, 20179 yr I work with a guy - really good dude - who seems to say every single idiom and expression incorrectly. Some days it's entertaining, others it's annoying....but it's uncanny how consistent he is in screwing them up. On Monday I decided I'd jot down a few days' worth of them and start a thread here. Thought we could see what other folks have heard mis-used, or mis-used themselves. "a real oiled machine" instead of "a well oiled machine" "for all intensive purposes" instead of "for all intents and purposes" "tough road to hoe" instead of "tough row to hoe" "meant that tongue and cheek" instead of "meant that tongue-in-cheek" "got his just deserves" instead of "got his just deserts" "one in the same" instead of "one and the same" ....I've heard him use all of those just since Monday morning. :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
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