I'll be darned » all be darned
Posted by: Arnold Zwicky "There are zillions of SPAM concoctions on the internet - everything from Rack of Spam to Spammus to Spam soup. But all-be-darned if I couldnt find one for SPAM cake." […]...
View Articleobject » option
Posted by: Arnold Zwicky Chiefly in: money is/was no option "If money was no option: I would still be doing what I'm doing: being a singer, a performer, an entertainer." […] Wilson Gray quoted, “We...
View Articledie » dye
Posted by: Chris Chiefly in: the dye is cast "The dye is cast. The people will speak and I am hoping that the outcome will be an MDC victory," he told reporters. […] Rarer, maybe, than the...
View Articlemast » mass
Posted by: Chris Waigl Chiefly in: flying a flag at half-mass Flying Your Flag Half Mass When you are on the court and tragedy strikes or some unexpected disturbing event leaves you injured to the...
View Articlesnuff » stuff
Posted by: Ben Zimmer Chiefly in: up to stuff That means that when they see the test results and they find their local school is just not up to stuff, they can choose to send them to another area...
View Articletongs » thongs
Posted by: Arnold Zwicky Chiefly in: (go (at it)) hammer and thongs "Ballal, Pillay and most others in the team claim to have proved a point; they go hammer and thongs against the Federation." […] The...
View Articlebull » bowl
Posted by: Chris Waigl Chiefly in: like a bowl in a china shop And she's described in reports as a bowl in a china shop, but somebody of unassailable high ethics, and also as a direct, directly...
View Articlechase » cheese
Posted by: Chris Waigl Chiefly in: cut to the cheese Ho! Ho! Ho! Right, nae messin about, let's cut to the cheese and deal with the facts. The real reason Rangers lost was because Celtic fans kept...
View Articlecart » cat
Posted by: Chris Waigl Chiefly in: put the cat before the horse The feeling of the people is that the police stinks and it is rotten. You, within days of assuming the leadership of the force,...
View Articleado » to do
Posted by: Arnold Zwicky Chiefly in: much to do about nothing – without further to do to-do "It is much to do about nothing because I'm sure it involved human error." […] First pointed out to me by...
View Articleknickers » nipples
Posted by: Arnold Zwicky Chiefly in: get one's nipples in a twist "You won't get your nipples in a twist over our choice this month -- there's no debate how great this one is!" […] Palmer pointed out...
View Articlelost » loss
Posted by: Ben Zimmer Chiefly in: no love loss Now naturally, the Shiites, as you were saying earlier, have no love loss for the Iraqi leader President Saddam Hussein. […] The idiom “no love lost,”...
View Articleoats » oaks
Posted by: Ben Zimmer Chiefly in: sow one's wild oaks Betty Jean loves Ezekiel with her heart and soul. She hopes he will sow his wild oaks soon and will finally be able to love only her. […] The...
View Articleghost » goat
Posted by: Ben Zimmer Chiefly in: give up the goat My old 14" monitor went completely wrong and after a few years trusty service it finally gave up the goat, hence my need to find a new monitor for my...
View Articlereproach » approach
Posted by: Arnold Zwicky Chiefly in: above/beyond approach "I think he would want to be above approach even when it's from a state commission and not a private lobbyist." […] Parish reported on ADS-L:...
View ArticleTopsy » top seed
Posted by: Ben Zimmer Chiefly in: grow like top seed "That's what's insidious about club drugs," he says. "One: We didn't recognize the problem. Two: It's growing like top seed." […] The original...
View Articledrum up » strum up
Posted by: Arnold Zwicky Chiefly in: strum up support "The morning I visited, he had unearthed 300 copies of letters Chambers sent, often while overseas for business, to strum up support for the...
View Articlelease » leash
Posted by: Ben Zimmer Chiefly in: new leash on life But it could give the neocons a new leash on life, a way to invigorate their exhausted ideological engines. […] This often appears as an intentional...
View Articlesaid » set
Posted by: Ben Zimmer Chiefly in: when/after all is set and done As much as a foot of snow is possible after all is set and done. […]
View Articlefirst of all » firstable
Posted by: Ben Zimmer secondable, thirdable Firstable, the term "indian" and christianity were imposed in Peru through blood and fire by European conquerors. […] This eggcorn may be more common among...
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