This morning, while my favorite morning show was on commercials, I switched over to a crappy morning show to bide my time - perhaps listen to a little overplayed hip-pop. Instead, I heard the second half of a conversation in which they were taking call-in comments. A young woman called in, got on the air, and proceeded the use the following phrase to describe the reaction of the general public to the topic at hand:
"Everyone just turns a blind cheek."
Sounds like someone needs an lesson on anatomy-based idioms.
I don't know if she's new to American phraseology, or perhaps was raised in a linguistically confused home, but it annoyed me that she went on-air with HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of listeners, and used a phrase that doesn't exist. How does one come up with something like this?
Ears listen, eyes see, cheeks...ummm...help keep your food in your mouth. So you can turn a blind eye, turn the other cheek, or fall on deaf ears. Get it straight, lady.
"Everyone just turns a blind cheek."
Sounds like someone needs an lesson on anatomy-based idioms.
I don't know if she's new to American phraseology, or perhaps was raised in a linguistically confused home, but it annoyed me that she went on-air with HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of listeners, and used a phrase that doesn't exist. How does one come up with something like this?
Ears listen, eyes see, cheeks...ummm...help keep your food in your mouth. So you can turn a blind eye, turn the other cheek, or fall on deaf ears. Get it straight, lady.
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