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by whamlastxmas 3651 days ago
99% of English speakers do not understand it either, and misuse it constantly.
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bane 3650 days ago
Maybe they use their own language perfectly fine and it's the meaning of the idiom that has changed?
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whamlastxmas 3650 days ago
Language can both be wrong to its original meaning and also accepted.
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