Sayings you logically misunderstood

[LavarosVA]

When I was much younger I used to believe "stoned" was just another way of saying tired or sore. Got corrected on that one my first day of highschool.

[clearspira]

One saying that every teacher in the world seems to misunderstand is ''don't cry wolf''. Because as many have pointed out, the moral isn't ''don't tell lies'' its ''don't tell the same lie twice'' as he actually got away with it the first time. I would argue the moral could also be ''don't put underqualified, uninterested and underpaid people into positions of responsibility.''

[Jonathan101]

One saying that every teacher in the world seems to misunderstand is ''don't cry wolf''. Because as many have pointed out, the moral isn't ''don't tell lies'' its ''don't tell the same lie twice'' as he actually got away with it the first time. I would argue the moral could also be ''don't put underqualified, uninterested and underpaid people into positions of responsibility.''

If he told different lies each time they townspeople still wouldn't have come to him in the end though; he would still have developed a reputation as a pathological liar that ends up costing him.

[Riedquat]

One saying that every teacher in the world seems to misunderstand is ''don't cry wolf''. Because as many have pointed out, the moral isn't ''don't tell lies'' its ''don't tell the same lie twice'' as he actually got away with it the first time. I would argue the moral could also be ''don't put underqualified, uninterested and underpaid people into positions of responsibility.''

"Don't tell the same lie twice" was Garak's interpretation of it IIRC. The message is more along the lines of don't give false alarms rather than lies per se, since then they'll end up being ignored (look how much attention people pay to car alarms).

The story I heard for "graveyard shift" is that it comes from the time when the seriously ill are most likely to die, so those on duty then had to deal with that. Not sure if that's true though.

I thought "saved by the bell" was from boxing, when the bell at the end of the round was the relief for the losing boxer.

[Robovski]

I thought "saved by the bell" was from boxing, when the bell at the end of the round was the relief for the losing boxer.

I agree, I thought it was boxing too.

"Penny-wise, pound foolish" didn't make much sense to me as a kid as I didn't know pounds as anything other than weight or cake or hitting something.