本帖最后由 lamjin 于 2012-4-10 06:30 编辑
大家一起学：
a) there is no egg in an eggplant, nor ham in a hamburger, and neither an apple nor a pine in a pineapple;
b) English muffins weren't invented in England;
c) French fries weren't invented in France;
d) sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads - which aren't sweet, are meat;
e) quicksand can work slowly;
f) boxing rings are square;
g) a Guinea Pig is neither from Guinea nor a pig;
h) writers write but fingers don't 'fing', grocers don't 'groce' and hammers don't 'ham';
i) the plural of tooth is teeth, but the plural of booth isn't 'beeth';
j) more than one goose is 'geese', but more than one moose isn't 'meese';
k) you can make amends but not one 'amend' (stick that in your indices - but not in your indexes);
l) if you take a bunch of odds and ends and remove all but one, what is that called?
m) though we know what a vegetarian eats (vegetables), we don't know what to offer an humanitarian?
n) people recite at a play and play at a recital;
o) goods are shipped by truck but a cargo is sent by ship;
p) noses run and feet smell;
q) slim chance and fat chance mean the same, while a wise man and a wise guy mean the opposite;
r) a house burns up as it burns down (and gets 'razed' to the ground);
s) one fills in a form by filling it out;
t) an alarm goes off by going on;
u) when the stars are out, they are visible; when the lights are out, they are invisible;
v) Buick doesn't rhyme with quick?
w) it's good if a vacuum sucks;
x) the third hand on a watch is called the 'second' hand';
y) if a word is misspelt in a dictionary, we will never know;
z) 'slow down' and 'slow up' means the same;
i) tug boats actually push;
ii) The song 'Take me out to the Ball Game' is sung when the punters are already in their seats - at the ball game;
iii) the 'stands' are made for sitting;
iv) 'after dark' means 'after light';
v) when told to 'expect the unexpected', we then expect the unexpected;
vi) 'phonics' is not pronounced the way it sounds;
vii) 'All the world is a stage'. So where is the audience sitting?
viii) 'bra' is singular and 'knickers' (a.k.a. panties) plural;
ix) suits go into garment bags; garments go into a suitcase;
x) we wash bath towels, when we are supposedly clean when using them;
xi) glue doesn't stick to the inside of the tube;
xii) teachers taught, but no preacher 'praught';
xiii) the weather can be hot as hell one day, and cold as hell the next;
xiv) we park on driveways and drive on parkways;
xv) I've never seen a horseful carriage or a strapful gown, nor met a sung hero or experienced requited love;
xvi) and I've never met someone who was combobulated, gruntled, ruly or peccable;
xvii) 'abbreviated' is such a long word (and so are these roman numerals). | 
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