01-10-2019, 03:11 PM
(01-09-2019, 11:08 PM)BostonCard Wrote: So he has exhausted his outdoor track eligibility but still has one year of indoor eligibility left. Thanks for the explanation.
BC
PS, I too thought it was for all "intensive" purposes, among other eggcorns:
Abject lesson (object lesson)
All in all (all and all)
Bad wrap (bad rap)
Beckon call (beck and call)
Butt naked (buck naked)
Day in age (day and age)
Deep-seeded (deep-seated)
Doggy-dog (dog-eat-dog)
Far be it for me (far be it from me)
For all intensive purposes (for all intents and purposes)
Hare’s breath (hair’s breadth)
Must of (must’ve)
Neck in neck (neck and neck)
On tenderhooks (on tenterhooks)
One in the same (one and the same)
Road to hoe (row to hoe)
Safety-deposit box (safe-deposit box)
h/t to: https://grammarist.com/mondegreens/
And while we're on the topic:
Wrong (right)
Runner-Ups (Runners Up)
I could care less (I couldn't care less)
You've got another thing coming (You've got another think coming)
A complete 360 (a complete 180), referencing a turnaround
Jive with (Jibe with)
Nip it in the butt (nip it in the bud)
Irregardless (regardless)
Chester drawers (chest of drawers)
Statue of limitations (statute of limitations)
Suppository of information (repository of information. A mayor of Chicago used to do this one).
Fall by the waste side (fall by the way side)
Circumvent the globe (circumnavigate the globe)
Self-depreciating (self-deprecating)
Towards (toward)
Anyways (anyway)
Escape goat (scapegoat)
Make due (make do)
Peak/peek your interest (pique your interest)
Scott Free (scot free)
Baited breath (bated breath)
Without further adieu (without further ado)
Free reign (free rein)
Hunger pains (hunger pangs)
Step foot (set foot)
Wreck havoc (wreak havoc)
Beckon call (beck and call)
Case and point (case in point)
Extract revenge (exact revenge)
The spitting image (the spit and image)
Hone in (home in)
One in the same (one and the same)
And my two personal favorites...
Begs the question (raises the question)
"Mute" point (moot point).
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