I LOVE (and I really mean love, like passionately love) when people mess up clichés or sayings. I've heard 3, yes THREE today so far. Immediately I grin and grin big. And the most fantastic thing is today's pleasantries all come from the same person. That person is a fountain of fabulous fuck ups.
These aren't even the really good ones...those I will save for future posts, so stay tuned. The answers will be at the bottom of the post for those of you who might not see anything wrong with these.
1. "Blah, blah, blah, lets just play it by year."
I haven't heard this gem before, so of course, just to be sure that I heard the correct mistake (or to be a complete bitch), "What? Play it by, what?"
"Lets just play it by year."
"Oh ok."
GRIN
Now lets think about that, what exactly would playing it by year really mean? Yeah I can't even fathom what that would look like.
2. "Well you know in this day IN age blah blah blah."
This is another that I haven't been lucky enough to hear and again after clarifying exactly what was said, GRIN.
You go right ahead and flesh those details out. I've fleshed a few details out in my day too. After a couple of shots of tequila I usually flesh out all sorts of details.
UPDATE: So Kate is a busy body know it all and has found on the internets that Flesh it out may actually be ok...I would like to submit that according to my sources the origin is Flush it Out...so there. Discuss.
Turn your computer upside down for the answers.
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Not to burst your grin-y bubble, but "flesh out the details" is actually correct. :-D
Verb
2. flesh out - add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
elaborate, expatiate, expound, lucubrate, dilate, exposit, enlarge, expand
clarify, clear up, elucidate - make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"
detail - provide details for
exposit, set forth, expound - state; "set forth one's reasons"
illustrate, instance, exemplify - clarify by giving an example of
particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specify - be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"
*is annoying*
<3 you.
ALSO. How did you get your text to turn upside down? I am amazed.
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