Sentence examples for misunderstood phrases from inspiring English sources

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Ugly basketball is really nothing more than stepping up, probably one of the most misused and misunderstood phrases in athletics.

When rumored allegiances and misunderstood phrases came to its attention, the provost marshal's office investigated claims and meted out punishments, all in the name of a more perfect neutrality.

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Moeller had misunderstood phrase to be "trop de Moeller".

But it turns out she meant that in very constrained context: "People misunderstood that phrase.

The critics have not been impressed by Fellowes's own scholarship: the Observer's Mark Kermode dismissed the script as "blingtastic rewritten cod-Shakespeare", while the Telegraph, which awarded the film one star, suggested that Fellowes himself appeared to have misunderstood certain key phrases in the text.

Aleksandr Vondra, the Czech deputy prime minister for European affairs, said later Wednesday that Mr. Topolanek, speaking through an interpreter, had been misunderstood about the phrase "the way to hell".

When a child has persistent fluid problems, the guidelines suggest strategies that can compensate for a child's temporary hearing loss: "Speaking in close proximity to the child, facing the child and speaking clearly, repeating phrases when misunderstood and providing preferential classroom seating," all far safer than surgery.

Either admit, "Sorry, I misunderstood" or learn the phrase for "I thought you said something else" (in Spanish, "Pensé que habías dicho otra cosa") so you can bat it away as you would in English.

In a subsequent debate with Hirsi Ali before the Royal Society of Arts in London, Garton Ash claimed that he had been misunderstood, abjured both the phrase and any ill or condescending intent, and announced that when it comes to the principles of a free society, he is himself a fundamentalist.

An opening clarifying phrase explains the odd-sounding title: A "mondegreen" is defined as "a misunderstood or misinterpreted word or phrase resulting from mishearing".

"Storytelling with data," a tired buzz phrase, is widely misunderstood, though.

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