Incorrect Idioms

I've got it down packed. Grrr

 

Off like a bucket of prawns in the sun or my favourite is going to make like a hockey stick and get the puck out of here.


Reading all of this thread will have me in the corner twitching and rocking.

 

Shirley you can't be serious.

 

Let's make like a shepherd and get the flock out of here...

 

And don't call me Shirley.

 

Literally nothing wrong with this.

The English language is an organic beast and not a static one; the definitions and the way words are used change over time. That's one of the best things about language.

I don't see why you can't use the word 'literally' in a metaphoric sense to add emphasis to a statement.

 

Around Mt Druitt you quite often hear. "Hi, and how's your wife and my kids going?"

 

Lol

 

I definitely agree about language being organic - but he's used literally when he should've used virtually. Problem is you c a n only believe what he says if he writes it down. His misunderstanding of the word is Freudian - basically, nothing he says can be taken literally.

 

His choice of words were fine. He used 'literally' in a figurative way, as a metaphor, to add emphasis to his statement. This is literally within the rules and some of our greatest writers have used this.

And don't you just love the irony of using an antonym for figurative figuratively: English is great.

 

Have we literally broken the English language?

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/13/literally-broken-english-language-definition

It's like that time that photo literally broke the internet. Redundant tautology is redundant.

 

My friend at high school used to say "I'm dying of death". I'd just say "Ugh! That's the worst thing to die from"

 

I remember when I was studying several years ago some lecturers in their notes kept referring to the "rule of thump" instead of "rule of thumb"

 

Many of my teachers preferred the rule of thump..

 

Slightly different thing;

One of the favourite terms for the bogan class with terrific grasp of all things English language; they say "I turned around and...(add description of whatever you were doing or said, here)

Actually; it's; "Oi ternd 'rown"

 

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

You can observe a lot by just watching.

It ain't over till it's over

It's like déjà vu all over again.

No one goes there nowadays, it’s too crowded.

Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.

Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.

We made too many wrong mistakes.

Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.

The great Yogi Berra

 

I'm giving 110% (is this an idiom? I hate it either way).

 

Its a doggy dog world instead of dog eat dog

 

What about people who use the word irregardless ?