Cuppa' Tea
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I dislike the phrase "whatever floats your boat" because don't all boats float in water? So instead of meaning "whatever you like" it just means "this one thing" I dunno. I've just always had a hard time with that one.
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One I encountered in junior high quite a bit: "a million and a half".
Apparently it means 1,500,000. Funny, but it sounds to me like 1,000,000.5, which is rather oddly specific.::
In Finland we have a saying "menneen talven lumia", snows from winter passed. See also how funny it's to write Lumia (snows) with a big capital in honor for Nokia smart phone, because every Finn loves Nokia, right? No. Funny though, that I don't dislike nearly as much the phrase of something being old water under the bridge, which pretty much has the same connotation.
In Finland we have a saying "menneen talven lumia", snows from winter passed. See also how funny it's to write Lumia (snows) with a big capital in honor for Nokia smart phone, because every Finn loves Nokia, right? No. Funny though, that I don't dislike nearly as much the phrase of something being old water under the bridge, which pretty much has the same connotation.
What do you dislike about water under the bridge?
Excuse me while I butcher the Finnish language.
I think it's much better when people use their imagination and think of a modern day example, like maybe "pile on the adverts" which would refer to the agony of sitting through ads in the movie theatre.
I think it's much better when people use their imagination and think of a modern day example, like maybe "pile on the adverts" which would refer to the agony of sitting through ads in the movie theatre.