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"you have another thing coming" and "it all goes well" grrrrrrrrrrr Two Wongs Send a noteboard - 08/11/2011 10:19:27 AM
Instead of "another think coming" and "it augers well".


In Australia, the phrase is "couldn't care less". Even when Americans say they could care less, they often really mean they couldn't care less, which is the exact opposite of what they said.


Agreed. But is it only Americans who do this?
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