tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591676045138578812.post276374294287148518..comments2023-11-30T05:58:00.902-08:00Comments on Miriam's Ramblings: In defence of the clichéMiriam Wakerlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01584283466113133455noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591676045138578812.post-23756230410897061282010-01-14T06:16:32.017-08:002010-01-14T06:16:32.017-08:00Taken too literally proverbs and suchlike can get ...Taken too literally proverbs and suchlike can get you into a lot of hot water! And maybe if they are that confusing they are not very good ones; unless it is an actual language incompatibility. Maybe, though, the meaning should not be lost in translation; perhaps that is the true hallmark of a premium cliche!Miriam Wakerlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01584283466113133455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591676045138578812.post-21579168558240738052010-01-14T06:10:39.705-08:002010-01-14T06:10:39.705-08:00Is the Pope a Catholic always makes me laugh... le...Is the Pope a Catholic always makes me laugh... let me explain. My family being Polish and my Grandparents strict Catholics, my Gran was also so proud of the late Polish Pope, John Paul II. Anyway, I digress... <br /><br />My sister came home from school (this was years ago btw) and told us that one of her English friends had actually said this in all seriousness because she didn't actually know the answer. Sometimes cliches are all the better when people misunderstand them, don't you think? <br /><br />I also recall when there was a question for £100 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire something about babies and proverbial bathwater - I would have had to use a lifeline, had never heard of it!Danusiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00914903815871487096noreply@blogger.com