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What idiom did you initially misunderstand, but you prefer your interpretation? (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Mine is tow the line rather than toe the line.

I imagine someone as a tugboat--towing the line of what is expected. I like that imagery better than keeping a foot on some fucking line. Plus using toe as a verb is dumb.

What are yours?

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[–] 16 points 6 months ago

When I was a kid I thought the expression, the coast is clear, was actually, the ghost is clear, which makes sense that the ghost would be transparent but had nothing to do with a situation being safe enough to proceed with whatever you were doing. But I'm originally from Texas, where we have tons of idioms and colloquialisms that don't make sense, so I just went with it.

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