To have completely misunderstood the meaning of some sayings?

[KermitTheToad]

I only found out today that the term Social Butterfly refers to someone who is outgoing and loves social events. I thought it meant you didn't like social events, as in you would fly away and avoid them. I also until recently thought that a Spendthrift is somebody who is frugal in their spending. I assumed that as thrifty meant not being wasteful, that Spendthrift meant being careful in what you spent.
YANBU..I see where you are coming from.
YABU.. You are a wally, go back to school!

Lol, triffids! That's hilarious! And you think like me which is even more hilarious!

🤣🤣🤣 love this, our old boss used to say it and the childish sniggers were hard to keep in lol

I thought until recently the dulcet tones meant someone was speaking in a dull/dreary manner. For years I would feel a pang of embarrassment when a guy I knew (and fancied) years ago said your dulcet tones are like music to my ears. He was older and seemed sophisticated I was young and thought he was being being mean to me

Oh we always called my uncle the “prodigal son” he cleared off and expected red carpet treatment from his parents when he returned, I thought the same as you, it was a biblical quote?

Oh lord 🙄

What is damp squid people please?

Is that true?! I still to this day thought it was about hair/eye colour

Yes, I always pictured Audrey! 😂

Think of the old meaning of “thrift” as in money, savings or wealth - money put away. spendthrift makes sense now doesn’t it?

Oh no, not Audrey, what was the plant's name?

My MIL lived in a supported living facility. It took me an age to work out why they had a “plant room” 🤣

You mean as in 'spend your thrift'?

No it's not true. The poster was correct, the friend made this one up I reckon.

Although a man of any skin colour can be tall, dark and handsome imo.

Did you picture a conservatory with ferns?!

I know what it actually means but salubrious sounds like it should have the opposite meaning imo.

It should be damp squib. As in a firework that didn’t go off because it was damp. In other words something was a lot less impressive that you were expecting.

No I think the consensus is she's wrong! She's very much a "should of/would of/ could of" person so I should've known to take it with a pinch of salt

Yes I always get this one wrong! Salubrious sounds sleazy.

Audrey Junior

I think a lot of people confuse " off your own bat" and say back. Which is incorrect. I think. 🤔
You can "give someone the shirt off your own back", though. Probably.🫣

Yes off your own bat which I believe is a cricketing reference

I also say moot point a lot and unfortunately I think people think Im saying mute.

thrift actually used to mean 'wealth" and it's from the word 'to thrive'

So a 'spendthrift' is someone that spends their wealth. the word as a whole is from about the mid 1500s

the meaning of 'thrifty' meaning frugal is from a similar time period (1500s) so the misunderstanding is from the singular word compared to the double word.

yes its confusing xD

It's sort of both

In an English Literature degree exam, there was a question on the “status quo” being upset in King Lear. I thought the term meant a person of the highest status. Had done for years. So I answered the exam question on that basis. Wrote about it for an hour.

My wild misunderstanding pulled my whole exam mark down to 40, which was the pass mark. Luckily it was in my first year, so it didn’t count towards my degree. I was asked about that incongruous exam grade in many job interviews for many years where I had to disclose my full degree transcript. Nearly cost me a career. So embarrassing but very amusing.

Me either