1.
Choice for Chooser
Wrong: A beggar has no Choice.
Right: Beggars can’t be choosers.
2.
Grease for Power Wrong:
Wrong: More grease to your elbow.
Right: More
power to your elbow.
3. The same for A.
Wrong: Birds
of the same feather.
Right: Birds of a feather.
4.
What is good for Sauce?
Wrong: What is good for the goose is also good for
the gander
Right: What is Sauce for the goose is also sauce for
the gander.
5.
Corners for
cranny.
Wrong: Every nooks and corners.
Right: Every nook and cranny.
6.
Handwriting for
Writing.
Wrong:
The handwriting is on the wall that you will fail.
Right: The writing is on the wall
that you will fail.
7.
Footing for
Foot.
Wrong: He started off on a wrong footing.
Right: He started off on a wrong foot.
Wrong: He started off on a wrong footing.
Right: He started off on a wrong foot.
8.
Log of wood for
Log.
Wrong: She slept like a log of wood.
Right She slept like a log.
Wrong: She slept like a log of wood.
Right She slept like a log.
9.
Dictates for
Call.
Wrong: He who pays the piper dictates the tune.
Right: He who pays the piper calls the tune.
Wrong: He who pays the piper dictates the tune.
Right: He who pays the piper calls the tune.
10. Cog
for Spoke.
Wrong: Don’t put a cog in our wheel.
Right: Don’t put a spoke in our wheel.
Wrong: Don’t put a cog in our wheel.
Right: Don’t put a spoke in our wheel.
11. Size
of Cloth.
Wrong: Cut your coat according to your size.
Wrong: Cut your coat according to your size.
Right: Cut your coat according to your cloth.
12. Bite
for Bite off.
Wrong: Don’t bite more than you can chew.
Right: Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
Wrong: Don’t bite more than you can chew.
Right: Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
13. From the Scratch for From Scratch.
Wrong: The rich merchant started from the scratch.
Right: The rich merchant started from scratch.
Wrong: The rich merchant started from the scratch.
Right: The rich merchant started from scratch.
14. Skeleton in your – for Skeleton in the cupboard.
Wrong: There is a skeleton in your cupboard.
Right: There is a skeleton in the cupboard.
Wrong: There is a skeleton in your cupboard.
Right: There is a skeleton in the cupboard.
15. At
a go for At one go.
Wrong: He passed all his papers at a go.
Right: He passed all his appears at one go.
Wrong: He passed all his papers at a go.
Right: He passed all his appears at one go.
16. Hell for All hell.
Wrong: Hell was let loose.
Right: All hell was let loose/All hell broke loose.
Wrong: Hell was let loose.
Right: All hell was let loose/All hell broke loose.
17. Dance for Play.
Wrong: She’s dancing to the gallery for our support.
Right: She’s playing to the gallery for our support.
Wrong: She’s dancing to the gallery for our support.
Right: She’s playing to the gallery for our support.
18. From/to for Out of/Into.
Wrong: From frying pan to fire.
Right: Out of the frying pan into the fire.
Wrong: From frying pan to fire.
Right: Out of the frying pan into the fire.
19. Head/tall for Heads, talls.
Wrong: Head or tall?
Right: Heads or talls?
Wrong: Head or tall?
Right: Heads or talls?
20. Petrol/fire for Fuel flames
Wrong: Settle the matter and don’t add petrol to the fire.
Right: Settle the matter and don’t add fuel to the flames.
Wrong: Settle the matter and don’t add petrol to the fire.
Right: Settle the matter and don’t add fuel to the flames.
21. The devil for Better the devil.
Wrong: The devil you know is better than the angel you don’t.
Right: Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.
Wrong: The devil you know is better than the angel you don’t.
Right: Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.
22. Crack for Rack.
Wrong: I cracked my brain to remember her phone number.
Right: I racked my brain to remember her phone.
Wrong: I cracked my brain to remember her phone number.
Right: I racked my brain to remember her phone.
23. Worse for Worst.
Wrong: Even if the worse comes to the worst, we shall stay.
Right: Even if the worst comes to the worst, we shall stay.
Wrong: Even if the worse comes to the worst, we shall stay.
Right: Even if the worst comes to the worst, we shall stay.
24. For for Or.
Wrong: They are married, for better for worse.
Right: They are married, for better or worse.
Wrong: They are married, for better for worse.
Right: They are married, for better or worse.
25. Everything for All/Other things.
Wrong: I will be at the stadium, everything being equal.
Right: I will be at the stadium, all or other things being equal.
Wrong: I will be at the stadium, everything being equal.
Right: I will be at the stadium, all or other things being equal.
26. On phone for On the phone.
Wrong: I am no more on phone, the lines were cut last month.
Right: I am no more on the phone, the lines were cut last month.
Wrong: I am no more on phone, the lines were cut last month.
Right: I am no more on the phone, the lines were cut last month.
27. Driver’s seat for Driving seat.
Wrong: She has taken the driver’s seat as the M.D. of the Company.
Right: She has taken the driving seat as the M.D. of the company.
Wrong: She has taken the driver’s seat as the M.D. of the Company.
Right: She has taken the driving seat as the M.D. of the company.
28. Poke nose for Poke…nose.
Wrong: Mind your business; don’t poke nose into what I am doing.
Right: Mind your business; don’t poke our nose into what I am doing.
Wrong: Mind your business; don’t poke nose into what I am doing.
Right: Mind your business; don’t poke our nose into what I am doing.
29. Friendship
for friends.
Wrong: I will like to make friendship with you.
Right: I will like to make friends with you.
Wrong: I will like to make friendship with you.
Right: I will like to make friends with you.
30. Legs for Leg.
Wrong: Stop pulling my legs, I know you’ve won the lottery.
Right: Stop pulling my leg, I know you’ve’ won the lottery
Wrong: Stop pulling my legs, I know you’ve won the lottery.
Right: Stop pulling my leg, I know you’ve’ won the lottery
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