Yellow Fang
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Which words and phrases do you hear used where either you don't really understand what they mean, or you suspect the speaker doesn't understand what they mean?
For example, for a long time I never understood the phrase, "You can't have your cake and eat it." It puzzled me for a long time, because what's the point of cake if not to eat it.
Another example, period. You hear Americans say something like, "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard - period." Then you started hearing British people using it too. Do they realise period is American for full stop? I doubt it.
For example, for a long time I never understood the phrase, "You can't have your cake and eat it." It puzzled me for a long time, because what's the point of cake if not to eat it.
Another example, period. You hear Americans say something like, "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard - period." Then you started hearing British people using it too. Do they realise period is American for full stop? I doubt it.