LANGUAGES: People Who Misuse Basic Phrases/Metaphors are Worse than Puberty

Have you ever told someone that you want to "nip something in the butt?"

How about flipping logic around so that you "can't even run a mile, let alone 50 yards" or some other such "can't [GREATER THING], let alone [LESSER THING]?"

Been so disinterested that you let the world know you "could care less?"

You are now on my "people who should never, ever be allowed near children, LET ALONE breed" list.

People, I'm not asking for literary brilliance here. Just some basic logic as applied to how you speak. Or if that's too tough, how about fact-checking. No? What about just listening hard enough when the grown-ups talk that you actually manage to catch the words, not just the phonics, of what they say?

I'd say more, but I might run into metaphors that you'll misuse in the future.

-Posted by Jilly