gazza wrote:Wow, you or your brother should have known better than that.
gazza wrote:Wow, you or your brother should have known better than that.
gazza wrote:Did it do any damage to the car?
doc wrote:This thread was a near miss... thought it was gone, and then someone went and revived it from the past.
The phrase near miss is confusing, but I can understand the concept.
It was a near pass. - The action was a 'pass' and it was close (near).
So near miss would indicate the action was a 'miss' but within close proximity.
Near is a completely different word to nearly even though they are similarly spelt. Nearly implies something almost occurred but didn't. Near implies proximity.
Even so -I still think the phrase sucks. Actually - I just think the whole English language sucks. It's design is shocking and confusing.
bentaz wrote:gazza wrote:My missus nearly saw how much I spent at the gun shop.
Get her a horse, you'll never have to worry about it again
doc wrote:Even so -I still think the phrase sucks. Actually - I just think the whole English language sucks. It's design is shocking and confusing.
Bent Arrow wrote:bentaz wrote:gazza wrote:My missus nearly saw how much I spent at the gun shop.
Get her a horse, you'll never have to worry about it again
I'm currently supporting my daughters horse habit. To say its eaten into my discretionary spending on guns and ammo is a gross understatement.........
Stix wrote:Gees Daddybang...
Id call the first one "good timing"...
But the second one...well doesnt sound like miss to me...& bet it didnt sound or feel like a miss to you either...!!