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What idiom did you initially misunderstand, but you prefer your interpretation? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 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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[–] 9 points 5 months ago

That guy is a real POS! (Piece Of Shit)

That is how I heard it before a job where they kept calling the computer a POS and I thought 'it isn't that bad, better than the register from the prior job' for a couple weeks before someone called it a Point of Sale.

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