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I Hate To Break It To You, But There’s A Huge Chance You’ve Been Saying Extremely Common Words And Phrases Wrong Your Entire Life


In case you’re wondering, the “correct” words an phrases are as follows:

1. Tongue in cheek

2. Old wives’ tales

3. Statute of limitations

4. To be specific

5. Nipped in the bud

6. Get down to brass tacks

7. Deep-seated hatred

8. All intents and purposes

9. Wheelbarrow

10. Champing at the bit

11. Jury-rigged

12. Ulterior motive

13. Bald-faced lie

14. Dog eat dog world

15. Chump change

16. Dime a dozen

17. Duct tape

18. Can’t see the forest for the trees

19. Quote unquote

20. Could have

21. Chalk it up

22. Iced tea

23. Take for granted

24. Blessing in disguise

25. Bated breath

Dave Stopera

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