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!

Omg, no, please, no, tell me you're kidding?!

Except it means the opposite !

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.

I think it depends on if you take it literally or see the feast as a representation of good things that await when you return to God.

I had your same understanding too, dark hair, like James Bond!

I still don't much like that interpretation either to be honest. It seems you can be as feckless as you like, and end up being welcomed back with open arms and treated just as well, if not better, than the people who have been good all along.

Proberly

I always thought ‘spitting feathers’ meant thirsty - I said it at work once and my colleague asked if I wanted to talk about it? Errr I’ll just have a Diet Coke thanks!

Fraid not @HyggeTygge

If the M&S sign writer had only taken the time to read Mumsnet they would have known what an utter aberration this is to all right-thinking shoppers.

How I understood it - hair and eye colour and possibly olive/mediterranean skin tone.

Hollywood used it to describe Rudolph Valentino - and Mae West famoulsy used it to described Cary Grant.

Brunette - meaning brown or dark brown or more generally dark hair - had a freind use it to describe her and my brown hair - rest of group were blond or black haired - but rest of the group of people insisted it meant only black hair - not brown at all though half the group english was third or forth language rest of the native english people also thought it meant just black hair and there was no word for brown hair but brown.

It does, or rather did. Seems to have acquired the added meaning of being angry, presumably because that's the image that some people conjure up from the phrase.

Apparently it got confused at some point with spitting nails - which meant angry.

No Im saying the word itself is not used always, 'it looks like a bombs hit it'

Its used, and has changed, to 'this is a bomsitit' (this is a bombs hit it)

That room is a 'bombs hit it'

The like is missing. Thats what Im describing.

I had never heard of picky bits before MN, never heard anyone say it in real life. I can see why it’s annoying though.

It's bad. Same as spendthrift. Squandering your wealth! Don't be a scattergood this Christmas and end up with lots of debt in the new year!😉

My most hated English teacher was called Mrs Scattergood. Absolutely nothing good about her.

Love it! Thank you. I shall be using it relentlessly from now on.

I think Soupsyspoons has changed it from a descriptive phrase to a noun. This place is a bomsitit or dump.

The most egregious example is "picky bits tea". Which should be banned. Penalty?...Life with no hope of parole.

Me too 😁

I'm going to ask about " having kittens". Why must it be kittens? If I'm going to have any other animals I'd rather have puppies.

Ah but if you are too much of a pinchfist you'll have no friends.

They are not far wrong when the pudding (or whatever the metaphor refers to) has indeed been eaten (tested) - and thus it's quality, or lack thereof, proven.

Your meaning lacks an explanation for the addition, inclusion and consequence of 'the eating'.

One of the footmen said it in Downton Abbey! No idea if it was an authentic phrase of the time (probably not, as I also heard "coworker" in the series). I've never heard anyone say in real life either. 😆

I didn’t know that (along with other phrases eg Super Bowl pronunciation)!

Love "pinch fist" a combination of penny pincher and tight fisted. I'll definitely be using that a lot from now on 😆