# phrases you have said wrong **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 11, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-have-said-wrong/765635 "2016-09-11T12:35:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-have-said-wrong/765635/41 "2016-09-13T01:16:07Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > My ex used to say “finagled” for reneged" as in “you finagled on the bet”. Also, “that guy has more money than sense” which I’m assuming is supposed be “. . . \*dollars \*than sense(cents)” In the land of the Pound we certainly say “more money than sense.” and I’ve never heard it any other way. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-have-said-wrong/765635/42 "2016-09-13T01:22:06Z")
I used to say “biased towards” when I meant “prejudiced against” - totally opposite meaning. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-have-said-wrong/765635/43 "2016-09-13T12:33:22Z")
> [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](#): > > In the land of the Pound we certainly say “more money than sense.” and I’ve never heard it any other way. Well he is English so I guess that explains it. I thought it was supposed to be a play on cents / sense but seeing as he wouldn’t have grown up thinking in terms of “dollars” and “cents” I get it now. I still like my way better, though 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-have-said-wrong/765635/44 "2016-09-13T15:57:54Z")
“He has more dollars than sense” is bog-standard 'Murrican too. In other words, the guy’s an idiot who uses his excessive money either unwisely, or to bail himself out of the problems his idiocy causes. It’s a variation on the “a fool and his money are soon …” either “… parted” or “… doing something stupid.” I’m amazed somebody had any other real parsing of the phrase. The sense / cents homophone just gives it some idiom spice. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-have-said-wrong/765635/45 "2016-09-13T16:26:12Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > “He has more dollars than sense” is bog-standard 'Murrican too. In other words, the guy’s an idiot who uses his excessive money either unwisely, or to bail himself out of the problems his idiocy causes. It’s a variation on the “a fool and his money are soon …” either “… parted” or “… doing something stupid.” > > I’m amazed somebody had any other real parsing of the phrase. The sense / cents homophone just gives it some idiom spice. I parsed it correctly, it just didn’t make sense (npi) why one would leave out the spicy, idiomatic homophone part until **Springtime for Spacers** chimed in and I remembered a Brit wouldn’t be speaking of “dollars and cents”. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-have-said-wrong/765635/46 "2016-09-13T17:11:15Z")
When I was a kid I used to think there were two guys who never slept. “Up and Adam” I also used to like to play ball-ee-ball behind the lie-berry ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-have-said-wrong/765635/47 "2016-09-13T18:05:46Z")
My ex used to say “taunt” when he meant “taut”. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-have-said-wrong/765635/48 "2016-09-13T18:18:25Z")
Now THIS is the camel that broke my straw back! > **[The Archie Bunker Malapropism Dictionary of Mangled English! Season One - The...](https://thelastdrivein.com/2015/07/02/the-archie-bunker-malapropism-dictionary-of-mangled-english/)** > > No one… absolutely no one mangles the English Language more than good old working class Archie Bunker. It’s a fine art to be able to take an ordinary word, put it through the Bunker brain rinse cycle and see what comes out the other end… a faint... 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-have-said-wrong/765635/49 "2016-09-13T18:31:53Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I parsed it correctly, it just didn’t make sense (npi) why one would leave out the spicy, idiomatic homophone part until **Springtime for Spacers** chimed in and I remembered a Brit wouldn’t be speaking of “dollars and cents”. Sorry I misunderstood you? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-have-said-wrong/765635/50 "2016-09-13T18:33:56Z")
Struggling to learn tapatalk. The ? at tbe end is a typo. (Trying to avoid further confusion) Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![sweat209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-have-said-wrong/765635/51 "2016-09-17T01:30:56Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > My boss says “in the meanwhile” all the time. This is unbelievably grating to my ears. It’s either “meanwhile, blah blah” or “in the meantime, blah”, but _never_ “in the meanwhile”. > > He’s from South Africa so maybe it’s a thing there, but I’ve met many South Africans and none of them say that. Lots of people say in the meanwhile or in the meantime.:eek::eek::(☹ People who say never ever say that or never ever do that. Well some one said to me never use the word phrase never ever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-have-said-wrong/765635.md?page=2)