“fat chance” and “slim chance” mean the same thing.”
I know, isn’t that weird?
It’s like “sanction” it can mean to approve or to censure.
English is a strange language!
“English is a strange language!”
Don’t get me started... I learned it when I came here as a teenager and when you don’t grow up with it from birth it’s even stranger.
Why is it “top-down” and “bottom-up”?
Why are words with identical spelling pronounced differently, e.g. wind, lead, bass, bow, etc
Why are words with different spelling pronounced the same?
Two, too, to, right, wright, rite, buy, by, bye, for, four, fore, etc.
And how the hell do you come up with pronouncing “one”, “won”?
“Inflammable” and “cleave” are their own antonyms as well.
“cleave” is another one:
to adhere closely; stick; cling
or:
to split or cause to split, esp along a natural weakness
I learned the word “score” had a different meaning, after I had laid an entire patio that had angled sides. I used a circular saw with a blade for cutting bricks, I cut a ton of them, creating a dust cloud over the entire neighborhood.
Then a friend told me that all I had to do was “score” the bricks and they would break easily along the “score” line
Score - a notch, scratch, or incision; a stroke or line.
I know, I know, everybody knew that except me!
Now, it’s time for me to absquatulate.