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!

Erm not neccassarily
Dark can just be exactly as you assumed
Dark hair, maybe a little tan?
Ive seen Italians described like that
And even White English men with Dark hair and eyes

I used to work with someone who regularly and happily trotted out the phrase 'change tact' when she meant 'change tack'. It used to drive me mad, but I was too polite to mention it.
Then there was the colleague who said 'pacific' when she meant 'specific'.. I had to leave the room when that one got used 🤣

My Irish sister in law says plug out the kettle where we would say unplug.
I guess it's logical.
Plug in. Plug out.
Still sounds odd though.

A friend in need is a friend indeed. Means that the person who is there supporting you when you need help is truly your friend. 💞

TBH regardless of meaning, I think anyone who uses that word should be shot on sight.

You could just say plussed!

The original meaning of the word "thrift" was wealth and/or savings, so a SPENDTHRIFT was someone who squandered their wealth or savings Also referred to as a "scattergood" which I think is a brilliant word which I'm going to start using 😃

When I was nursing I saw another nurse type, patient is very poly.

This is really interesting on how one word can mean a lot of things due to inflection and enunciation

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1FkNB9kXXG/

Actually in Scotland it does mean dark haired, We always ask for a tall, dark and handsome man to come first foot us at Hogmanay . A throwback from being invaded by tall blond vikings

My mum used to say she was up to high dough, meaning agitated. I thought it was in reference to dough rising too high and the possibility of it going over the edge of the tin. I learned a few months ago it's high doh, as in music.

Yes I agree. I like the word "scattergood" too but just to double check what it means as this thread reveals many of us are complete nitwits including me. Is it a good thing or bad thing to be a scattergood? Im thinking bad but can't be 100% now...

But how have you "turned it into a descriptor of its own" when you're still using the same phrase to mean the same thing, just running the words together a bit more?

If a new person came into your family and you said "this room looks like a bombsisit" they wouldn't think "what the hell does that mean and start googling "what is a bonnsisit?" They'd realise you were saying "it looks like a bomb has a hit it" but just think you needed to enunciate a bit better!

Ooo those picky bits are very moreish! 🤣🤣🤣

Oh thank you so much. Now I feel sick.

I see M&S have got an aisle dedicated to "picky bits" with a Picky Bits sign, which I avoid, often at great inconvenience to myself having to travel a further distance within store to get to the non picky part.

Isn't it friend in deed not indeed ? As in they help out

Isn't it friend in deed not indeed ? As in they help out

No.

They are indeed a friend as they help you out when you are in need.

Many interesting sayings have come down from military usuage📧

Keep your powder dry – remain prepared and ready to act

Bite the bullet – endure something painful or unpleasant

Charlie Foxtrot - a chaotic or disastrous situation

Friendly fire – an army hitting its own forces

Its not rocket science – not very difficult to do or understand

Nope, you're not being unreasonable at all! I totally get it and I do exactly the same! xxxx

'Crocodile tears' as in its all crocodile tears! - Pretentious tears, insincere grief.

'The wisdom of Solomon, has nothing to do with the age of Methuselah' - Wisdom is not necessarily tied to age.

' Rain does not fall on one roof alone' - Trouble will come to everyone eventually.

'The child who refuses to allow his mother sleep, will himself not see sleep'.- If you are determined to create problems/trouble for your neighbor, you yourself will have no peace of mind.

Going over the top
In the trenches
In the line of fire
In my sights (that's Richard Armitage although Ive recently found out he may not be that interested in ladies otherwise he would be knocking at my door(

I always used to think that the John Lewis motto of 'Never knowingly undersold' meant that they would charge as high a price as they could get away with.

Whereas it actually means that if a competitor's price is lower, they will match it.

Thing is though, I reckon I was right the first time!

Crying my eyes out at some of these! Or should I say, balling my eyes out, as I often see on here (which just sounds painful).

See also: chester drawers and sneak peak.

I've never been all that much of a fan of that parable, to be honest. 😁

Deeply unfair towards the loyal, honest, hardworking, trustworthy sons, yet we are supposed to believe it is a Good Thing when GoldenBalls returns and gets handed the lot on a plate.

Agreed!! I hate it so specifically because my mum used to use it towards me when I went “off the rails” as she put it. We’ve been NC for 15 years, here’s to many more 😂