"He couldn't remember the last time he had cried. He hadn't even cried on his mother's deathbed."
-- Preston & Child, Gideon's Corpse
Why/how was he on his mother's deathbed? You can only be ON your own deathbed - you are AT someone else's.
Showing posts with label idioms. Show all posts
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Prepositional Hypotension
Why/how was he on his mother's deathbed? You can only be ON your own deathbed - you are AT someone else's.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Y'all
Why is it that the same people who invented the word "y'all", being short for "you all", insist on spelling it "ya'll", being short for...?
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