Have you ever said something confidently, only for people to laugh at you? And then you realize you’ve been saying it wrong your whole life?
Someone on Reddit just asked, “What sayings did you say incorrectly for decades without anyone noticing? And what did you think they meant?”
Here are the best responses:
1. Instead of saying “might as well” . . . one person thought it was “minus well.”
2. “My brother thought the people that lived besides us were our ‘next store’ neighbors.”
3. “I was in my 30s when I realized ‘Cease and Assist’ was really ‘Cease and Desist’.”
4. “Up and Adam”, instead of “Up and at ’em” . . . “Who the eff is Adam?”
5. Saying “bombfire” instead of “bonfire.”
6. “Play it by year” instead of “play it by ear.”
7. One man thought a “wheelbarrow” was “wheel barrels” for most of his life.
8. And another man said “Holier than hell” instead of “holier than thou” his whole life until someone finally corrected him.