Really? I’ve seen combs for sale in chemists and supermarkets and places like that recently.
“begs the question” is now used to mean “raises the question”.
The original meaning of the expression is a bit more complex.
Also “literally” has a long history of not meaning what it is supposed to mean.
Since 1862, actually. There was a ten-year hiatus in the 70s but the bill still circulated during that time. The phrase was always “three-dollar bill,” since $2 bills were always available.
I’ll go with the phrase “vaccinated with a phonograph needle.”
FWIW: The English equivalent is “queer (or bent) as a nine-bob note”. A “bob” being slang for a shilling. The phrase can be used to mean “odd” or “counterfeit” but is more likely used to mean the subject is homosexual.
So be careful using that one over here. Although to be honest people are less likely to think you are making a homosexual slur, and more likely to think you’ve stepped out of a 1950s movie.
I’m just saying.
Draw the curtains? That could mean either opening or closing them.