The top 10 misquoted phrases in Britain have you used any?

[maxi]

1) A damp squid (a damp squib)

2) On tender hooks (on tenter hooks)

3) Nip it in the butt (nip it in the bud)

4) Champing at the bit (chomping at the bit)

5) A mute point (a moot point)

6) One foul swoop (one fell swoop)

7) All that glitters is not gold (all that glisters is not gold)

Adverse to (averse to)

9) Batting down the hatches (batten down the hatches)

10) Find a penny pick it up (find a pin pick it up)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4799157/Damp-Squid-The-top-10-misquoted-phrases-in-Britain.html

[Clevercat]

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Yep, consistently use it and feel on it, LOL

[Monica Reyes]

Number 4 should be the other way round;) it has been changed to chomping at the bit over the years

One that really annoys me is when you hear,'the proof is in the pudding'
NOOOOOO,lol the proof of the pudding is in the eating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Andy]

I use numbers 1, 2, 3 and 5 quite often in their 'normal' state..

7) All that glitters is not gold (all that glisters is not gold)

Not heard of the bracketed part of that one.

[Yokel]

Tow the line

when it should be

Toe the line

[Bob De'Bilda]

Whale oil beef hooked!

That's one I hear often and I'm sure It's misquoted.