Inadequate knowledge, lack of writing skills, shallow vocabulary, insufficient focus - or a combination of all of these - often lead to inappropriate expressions and funny sentences.
According to information from 1898, " it is necessary to inject the manure juice from the well onto the manure farm several times Today's press produced something similar: "The waste water in infections and epidemics several times ". The journalist of the past as well as today could have chosen a word that fits the context better, for example: several times .
" Good manure is the heart of the garden " - we read the rather misguided metaphor. An incorrigible and ridiculous sentence.
Thoughtful media phrase: " They had to scrape their egos from under the frog's bottom ". It is better not to talk about what can be gathered from there...
"One photo shows how the frantic man was handcuffed, and another shows several police officers doing their job ." The second half of the sentence can be misunderstood even knowing the beginning. More precisely, it can be said like this: in the other photo, you can see how several policemen took action .
" Terribly famous novels and works of today become completely free to use". Maybe we shouldn't scare young people away from reading to that extent: the world-famous, the famous would have done it too.
"A sweet little dachshund jumped into" the "live broadcast" of the X. TV channel: the cuteness meter was out of order . I envy anyone who thinks that the marked term is jópofa ("good-natured").
haddelhadd begins ." Since it is believed that there will be no beating, getting knocked out, some kind of big trouble, a difficult situation, the cited warning and threat will lead you astray. On Saturday: an exciting brain exercise, a playful struggle awaits the parties, the noble intellectual competition, contest, duel begins.
" The chemistry worked well between you " - was heard in the media at a competition, after singing a duet, this amusing turn of phrase. Since the not-so-apt phrase "there's chemistry between them" is primarily used to express sexual attraction and the emotion based on it, love, this type of expression should be avoided at a competition where people who are not in a relationship usually sing together. Perhaps rather: (in the world of music) you understand each other perceptibly well, you were able to tune in to the other's individuality, you trust each other, you were on the same wavelength, which is also why you sang in harmony. Isn't it?
"The cuckolded girl started going to online therapy," reports the media. The verb cuckold, i.e. 'cheat', is used to mean that the wife does this to her husband, so a female being with a male. The opposite is difficult.
" XY's wedding is fast approaching ". Those involved certainly expect more than this... Stylish offers instead of blunt language: the long-awaited wedding is coming; or: the upcoming wedding with joy, enthusiasm and pleasant excitement
"What were the topics that the participants of the meeting jumped on ?" asked the reporter in an interview. Obviously, the indicated word is out of the vocabulary required for mass communication, and does not fit the topic. The participants of the conference, respected, elderly experts and professors, emphasize and highlight topics, rather than jumping on them...
The kayak competitor " jumped his way to the final". In the meantime, the pole vaulter climbed to the second step of the podium... - we could add. On a regular basis: the kayaker (with an excellent time) made it to the finals (achieved the result necessary to reach the finals).
A public figure's " some points of his speech " were " taken away by tabloid noise ". Instead of this untraceable statement, we would like to know what actually happened. It is hardly clear from this, "what the poet was thinking", or more precisely, the speaker of this sentence.
The following part of the review needs no comment: "The dramatist is strikingly similar to the poet, although we don't actually Petőfi looked like
"Almost any challenge can be overcome ," came the wisdom from the media. They used to stand the test, not overcome it.
This sentence fell out of my mouth at a conference ," said one participant. Until we get to the sentence , we certainly associate it with something else... If we want to refer to boldness (or insufficient thought), this is better: I dropped it out of my mouth, it fell out of me.
ball lovers or cue lovers can also give rise to strange associations (they are, by the way, billiard sport practitioners, enthusiasts, and fans), as well as this wording: essential accessories for wine consumption (for example, glasses - we could answer out of hand, since - unfortunately - there are, who rarely (or never) lets them go…
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