August 21, 2006

By enlarge, the Clash song, “Rock the Catbox” is manner from heaven.

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  1. Sheila Ryan on August 22nd, 2006 at 2:52 pm

    Every now and again (a good many years ago) I would catch a dear friend using one habitual malapropism: “in lieu of the fact”.

    I found this so charming that I never corrected him and very nearly felt no shame for my sin of omission.

    Very nearly.

  2. t on March 14th, 2007 at 1:33 pm

    You’ve managed to totally bung up two seperate idioms in one sentance. You say “by enlarge”, and “manner from heaven”… the correct set of figures of speech which you’re attempting to use are “by-and-large” (an old nautical term, meaning everything in view), and “mana from heaven”, (mana being a biblical food provided to the Isrealites in the desert in the book of exodus.

    Cheers,
    Tim