Because they’ve been listening to TA? Off! Off!
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That’s my day spoiled.
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I blame Papa.
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Could be. I frequently find myself shouting something quite similar…
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Two phrases which most users of don’t seem to understand have cropped up a lot recently elseboard; coming across both in rapid succession just now has brought down the red mist.
‘Survival of the fittest’ - no, this does not mean ‘gym-addicted bores will be fine’.
‘One/a few bad apples’ - does not mean 'the vast majority of [individuals in whatever group] are benign and trustworthy and there is therefore no reason ro be wary of [whatever group].
Gahhhhh!
Have we done ‘blood is thicker than water’ yet?
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Nobody seems to realise that what they have just said is “the whole lot is probably rotten”. The original is “One bad apple spoils the barrel.”
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Much like the curate’s egg really.
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Well yes, dear Fish: exactly.
i can’t remember when last I heard that one used correctly.
However, it makes me happy to think of curates as some form of clerical platypus. That falls under NFG (normal for Gus).
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Moving from the clerical to the diplomatic:
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I always loved “The Japanese in self-defence annexed the Isle of Arran.”
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I love that poem
“The Finns began to flap at him” was the phrase that reduced me to helpless giggles
I must thank our erudite member for drawing this to the attention of the group
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Momentarily.
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What has it done to upset you?
you’ve not been talking to Americans, have you?
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Going one better than ‘momentarily’, it always cracks me up the way the French say someone is arriving ‘incessamment’ - I always imagine them arriving again and again through revolving door.
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Oh lord, yes!
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I am faintly bewildered by “doesn’t cut the muster”.
Whoever is responsible for that one probably doesn’t pass mustard either.
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< wincity >
I came across one the other day that was a candidate for this thread, and dammit, I’ve forgotten what it was (apart from being wince-inducing). Will do my upmost to recall it.
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Looking at an American website, on this occasion. Donated more funds to Kiva and was treated to a message informing me that my balance would be updated momentarily. I was hoping it would be there a little longer than that.
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Though all too often depressingly accurate, IME
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