Misquoted sayings

[sg]

I've just had an email from a senior partner that quotes the phrase 'False of habit'.
I've never heard that one before. Ones you hear often are Damp Squib, or Doggy Dog World.
Are there any others you have heard people say?

[bibblebub]

surely it should be 'force of habit'

[Philtaz]

The ex used two at irregular intervals:

Spending money hand over foot.

and

In one fowl swoop.

[AB Editor]

As always on threads like this, I'd like to share the Eggcorn database: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/

:)

I look forward to reading other's examples.

[sg]

Ha ha, 'One Fowl Swoop' ! As though being attacked by an airbourne chicken..

[snags]

^ ''(curled up) in the feeble position'' ;-p

[Maydup]

"Force of habit" indeed. It refers to something that has become automatic through continuous repetition.

eg if everytime you come in through the front door you hang your keys up somewhere, it becomes a force of habit.

[Philtaz]

LOL @ snags post!

[whiskeryron]

I used to know a lady who said she had to wear ' Those Special Pads' because she was incompetant.

WR.

[vulcan]

my neighbour often talks about "a man of his calipers" [calibre]

[ABerrant]

What's wrong with 'damp squib'?

[Fitzer]

What's wrong with 'damp squib'

[sg]

Sorry I meant to write Damp Squid is what you hear, rather than Damp Squib. And people say It's a Doggy-Dog World.

[seadogg]

Said my well rounded companion on reaching the summit of Snowdon, "I'm literally dead on my feet". Reader, I buried her.

[snags]

One wouldn't want to upset the apple tart...

[Maydup]

This question is confusing.... False of habit is misquoted, damp squib is not.

A squib is a firework which doesn't go off if wet.

Another frequently misquoted saying is "on tenderhooks".

[Maydup]

^^^ sorry took ages for that post to appear and seen your correction now sg.

[Philtaz]

I recall a colleague who once said:

You can take a horse to water, but you can't make it think.

[maggiebee]

Friend of mine says she likes "Cumbernauld" sausages. Haven't the heart to correct her.