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!

Hot 😂

I thought the saying "when the going gets tough the tough get going" meant when things are hard the so-called tough scarper. Actually it means they spring into action.

And "a friend in need is a friend indeed" I thought was a kind of sarcastically saying when someone needs something from you they act like a really good friend. Really it means if someone's your friend in your hour of need they're a true friend.

I’m another who finds spendthrift confusing so I’ve looked it up:
The word "spendthrift" is a compound word formed from the verb "spend" and the noun "thrift," which originally meant "savings, profits, or wealth". The combination refers to a person who "spends" their "thrift" or wealth, a sense that became prominent in the early 1600s. The term was created to describe someone who wastes their fortune, replacing older terms like "scattergood" and "spend-all".

Well you've just made me realise I didn't know what spendthrift meant either!

My sister genuinely thought that guerilla warfare involved gorillas. And a French guy I worked with thought 'pain in the arse' was 'pen in the arse' which sort of comes to the same thing when you think about it.

The friend was wrong

I used to imagine someone being hoisted up their own flagpole or something but it actually means blowing yourself up!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoist_with_his_own_petard

Ooohh! I have always wondered why a friend in need would make a good friend!😂

That's not a triffid

That's Audrey

I remember being very shocked when a well to do church lady said she'd been running round 'like a tit in a trance'.

No, and it is

Me too. I pictured a dark haired man as well.

Also rapidly googling these phrases , starting with ‘spendthrift’.

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A member of my family frequently uses "the proof of the pudding is in the eating" wrongly - she thinks it means something like "that proves it!"

I've told her that "proof" in the saying means "test", like the way you leave bread dough to "prove" to check the yeast is working and see if it’s ready to put in the oven, or see "proofs" of something that’s being printed to check it's right before the final printing, but she doesn’t believe me.

You are a wally but your misunderstandings are funny so don't worry. They brought a smile to my face.

😂Thanks for this!

Audrey II

Another one that drives me mad: "Put up or shut up!" People use it to mean "put up with it" but I think it means "put up your fists and fight about it (maybe metaphorically)", i.e. "Do something about it or stop moaning".

I thought miserly thought you were miserable and was pronounced ‘miz-er-lee’.

I also thought, for many years, that spendthrift was someone who was careful with money.

That’s no Triffid, it’s Audrey II.

what sort of jobs have you had where you've had to disclose your full transcript multiple times? I've never even had to prove I have a degree, once or twice I've been told I'll be asked for it if I get offered the job but then they never did. I don't think I was ever even given a full transcript of all my different exam/essay results, and if I was I certainly don't have it now!