Emmanuel Kechuks

Idiomatic Expressions  Idioms are expressions whose meanings cannot be understood in their ordinary English expressions. They are proverbial in nature. The following are some incorrect  idiomatic expressions, their correct versions. Incorrect - You cannot eat your cake and have it . Correct - You cannot have your cake and eat it . in its idiomatic context, 'cake' here refers to opportunity or blessing. This idiom means, you can not have things both ways e.g, you can't  use yours savings to buy a car and still have the savings afterwards.  Incorrect - You are fighting a lost battle Correct - You are fighting a losing battle If the battle is described as lot, then one wonders the need to fight again. 'fight' a losing battles means a fight  one is certain to lose. Incorrect - They only want drag my name into the mud correct -  They only want to drag my name through the mire 'Mire' is a deep mud. 'Through the mire' means to cause