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kleinbl00 · 3676 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ask Hubski: What's a phrase that you are interested to know the origins of? OR... what's a word or phrase whose origins you find interesting?
"Blowing smoke up your ass" has always amused me. I also love it when people accuse me of racism for calling a spade a spade. But all of that pales in comparison to the wonderful world of eggcorns I discovered when I heard someone say "Don't make me your escape goat!"
am_Unition · 3675 days ago · link ·
A few weeks ago, my girlfriend finished a sentence with "...nip it in the butt". It still makes me giggle.
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thenewgreen · 3675 days ago · link ·
I still like "hold me closer Tony Danza.". -Does that count as an eggcorn?
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nowaypablo · 3675 days ago · link ·
how much did you chuckle at yourself when you wrote that
That reminds me: I'd love to know the actual origins of get your goat. Such a great idiom!"Don't make me your escape goat!"