JohnHold
First Team
Anyway . . . .
Sayings that get mangled no 1: after the draw for the next round: "that game's a potential banana skin". Nooooo! It's "a banana skin". All the potential for a slip is already in the banana skin. Otherwise we'd be saying "this game has the potential for a potential slip".
Sayings that get mangled no 2: (and in the subset post-game interviews): "he got his just rewards". Aaaarrrgghh!! It should be "just deserts". Though even that is a modern bastardisation - as we know it has been "just desert" since the 1500s and "desert" since the 1200s.
Sayings that get mangled no 1: after the draw for the next round: "that game's a potential banana skin". Nooooo! It's "a banana skin". All the potential for a slip is already in the banana skin. Otherwise we'd be saying "this game has the potential for a potential slip".
Sayings that get mangled no 2: (and in the subset post-game interviews): "he got his just rewards". Aaaarrrgghh!! It should be "just deserts". Though even that is a modern bastardisation - as we know it has been "just desert" since the 1500s and "desert" since the 1200s.