A. Off is an autoantonym. You can turn a light off, meaning deactivate it, or you can set a bomb off, meaning activate it.
B. The worst one: inflammable == flammable.
Up for it; down for it. Same thing
Submitted 4 days ago by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Turn up the A/C. Am I…
- Making it colder?
- Making it hotter?
The debate continues to rage (in our house)
ultranaut@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Colder. If you want it hotter that would be turn up the heat.
SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Are clarifying questions not allowed in your house? The temperature won’t change instantly so the few seconds asking and answering a clarifying question shouldn’t upset anyone.
samus12345@lemm.ee 3 days ago
samus12345@lemm.ee 3 days ago
You can fill in a form or fill out a form.
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 3 days ago
This is one of the 10% of showerthoughts here that are actually showerthoughts and not… something else.
sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 4 days ago
English is a beautifully confusing language.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Which is why I don’t understand why my english lessions on cassette tape aren’t selling! They even have a celebrity voice teacher to make it fun! Jar Jar Binks.
Kalladblog@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Best part for non natuve learners aren’t even expressions youtu.be/SfhKldRKmo8?si=9rp5vX0U6f_7EKed
ultranaut@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You can also be up for it until you’re over it, then you’re not down for it.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 4 days ago
Get up to Get Down
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 days ago
First you cut the tree down, then you cut it up.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’m up for it, down for it, up for it, down for it. This is me jumping in excitement.
Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Get up for the down stroke.
foggy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Waitll you find out about uptown and downtown.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Up for it means you’re enthusiastic about making an effort. Down for it means you are fully committed to a course of action. It’s a slight nuance, but there is poetry in precision.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 days ago
To know whats up, ya gotta be down
HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 4 days ago
You nailed it.
DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
You screwed it.
MelonYellow@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
You know what’s up