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!

You are not alone, I think.

Audrey II 😆

Well maybe. The prodigal son came good in the end..

No, trimming the tree means to decorate it. “embellish with or as if with ribbons, lace, or ornaments”

Exactly- like "turkey and all the trimmings" means with all the extras!

"a friend in need, is a friend indeed" is a shortened proverb type rhyme that makes people sound clever and gives us a message.

If you stretched it out to what it would say, were it not a 'saying' it would say

"A person who helps you in your time of need is indeed a true friend"

does that help?

Completely agree. In my head 'lucked out' means out of luck, not the opposite.

Same here, I was reading voraciously from a really early age so saw all these words and sayings which I never heard and was probably quite difficult to work out the meanings of half of them.

My eyes have gone all squiggly.

Completely agree. In my head 'lucked out' means out of luck, not the opposite.

Me too.

Luck ran out is how I see it.

Maybe it's the noun as a verb that makes it confusing?

I always thought "swings and roundabouts" meant "just bloody brilliant".

I found out when I used it in a very professional work presentation about a project I'd very successfully delivered 😬

He had his cake and ate it, to bring in another phrase mentioned on this thread. As I am not a Christian, I can say that I would not have been quite so forgiving as his Biblical father, nor would I have been so dismissive to my other child. Actions have consequences and my moral code, for what it's worth, does not mean forgetting earlier shitty behaviour because the perpetrator says how very sorry he is when it becomes convenient.

It should of course be Damp Squib, (a went fire work), which of course will not light.

My personal favourite is; “Off your own back”, it should be bat.

Absolutely agree. I always thought the son who stayed home was undervalued.

A lot of threads on here are damp squibs. Mostly ones I start

Not this one though, this is going down like a lead balloon.....

Well, I am relieved to find that many of you also misunderstood the meaning of Spendthrift. Please feel free to join me in my class of wallys!

will you merry me bc I love you

Well it actually is not clear at all to me and clearly loads of other people
I know that thrifty means careful with money, therefore logically Spendthrift should mean thrifty( careful) in what you spend!

I always thought that the PS was supposed to be Joseph with his coat of many colours. Again, bad parenting to give Joseph a coat of many colours and not the other brothers. My kids would have gone mad if that happened.

@aLFIESMA you and Dale Gribble! King of the Hill reference - don’t want to cause more confusion.

I used to think it was the Dance Settee. I'd picture lots of little elf or fairy types dancing with Jesus (Robert Powell-esque, as that was my only point of reference at the time!) on a green sofa. It always seemed like a lot of fun, in my mind! 😆

A friend in need is no friend at all. They are only friendly because they want your help.

I know that thrifty means careful with money, therefore logically Spendthrift should mean thrifty( careful) in what you spend!

If you think of the thrift in spendthrift meaning money then it makes sense.

If thrifty means careful with money, why spendthrift mean the same?

They both have thrift in, but one also has spend!

Nope - you are the one in need, they are the friend that doesn't abandon you.

Omg, I pronounce it like Super Bowl….. 😂😂😂😂 Am I wrong then….??