It’s rein it in

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Aaaaargh!

I have come over to Pedant’s Corner to weep, quietly, and lament the degradation of our beautiful idiomatic language.

It’s “rein it in”. An equestrian idiom. I keep on seeing it written as “reign it in”. It has nothing to do with monarchy whatsoever. “Rein it in” paints a picture with words, it carries meaning. “Reign it in” makes absolutely no sense.

I’ve lost my rag. (While I’m here, It’s also “woman” singular, there’s no such thing as “a women”). Stop it, just stop it!!!

Edited because I dare not post a thread in Pedant’s Corner with a punctuation error.

Why does it always reign on me? Is it because I lied when I was seventeen?

Is it because I lay when I was seventeen?

I have also seen 'I led her down in the cot'

You can mock but I am just giving free reign to my feelings

I’m also a bit frantic about “it wants washed” or “it needs mended” but I’ve posted about that before.

Three exclamation marks OP. Please remember where you are.

I have seen things which are under control described by journalists as being ‘on a tight reign’. Again, this makes no sense whatsoever unless the matter in question is a frugal monarch. It’s infuriating.

Better than rain I suppose.

Oldie but goodie seen on local FB selling site today. Chest of draws. Need gone. Gah!

Oh yes, I absolutely detest ‘wants washed’ ‘needs fed’. It’s the most awful, bosom hoiking, bastardisation of language.

Might just start adding enigmatic one-word posts to threads in the vain hope of turning the ship…

I have just read "...... is the vein of my life".
Good God.

That's Scottish idiom, though.

I saw 'vein of my life' on a thread earlier.

@JeanGenieJean
I saw that too.
However, someone did correct it without having her head bitten off. Small steps.

"With regards to" and "in regards to" often spoil an otherwise flawless wall of text.

I feel enraged when I see these errors.

Rein or reign, you'll just have to grin and bare it

Comprises of - it's everywhere, especially estate agents' blurb. Makes me want to scream.

What about “free rein”?! I see that all the time.

That’s correct …

Sorry! It must have autocorrected! I meant “free reign”.

It autocorrected again but I caught it. I think people think it sounds right because they are thinking about sovereignty but of course it’s equestrian in origin just like the OP’s example.

Did you post this pacifically to annoy me!

bare with me, I am awful I know.

@UntamedShrew Yes! A lot of invitations to nudity! I quite like that one. You don’t see “grin and bare it” much though which seems a shame.

I read that; I wondered if it were a new saying!