Oh, really?
So should I keep my “eyes peeled” so that you’ll get your “just deserts”?
Can y’all come up with any other seemingly incongruous phrases that make you go WTF?
Thanks
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“The proof is in the pudding.”
No, I didn’t get it the first time I heard it, and the wink doesn’t help either. I have no idea what you’re suggesting. In fact, don’t talk like you know what you’re saying.
The original expression is, “The proof of the pudding is in the eating,” which isn’t too hard to understand.
Whenever I hear “the proof is in the pudding,” I think to myself, “rum pudding?”
Completely forgot about that one. Koz!
Chuckled when I read your post!
GREAT example!
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How about…
"I left her/him high and dry!"?
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I always thought high and dry referred to a boat that was sitting high on the beach and the tide as gone out, thus dry. IOW: your screwed.
Well, this meaning of ‘desert’ (though not used very much any more) comes from the same root as ‘deserve’. If you think of it as ‘what you fairly deserve’, the phrase is pretty clear.
The US used to be intimately connected to the railroad, but as we have drifted away from trains its influence on culture has waned. Some of the sayings that originated in (or took new meaning from) the world of rails are now on their own:
off the rails
sidetracked
on track / on the right track / on the wrong track
fast track
wrong side of the tracks
railroaded
like a freight train
gravy train
I know. Checked it out before i wrote it. Was just making a “play on words”
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