Comments on: Stifle, already! http://www.dailywritingtips.com/stifle-already/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:28:21 -0500 hourly 1 By: Silke http://www.dailywritingtips.com/stifle-already/comment-page-1/#comment-183089 Silke Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:41:44 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3013#comment-183089 It's stopfen, not stopfon. :) It’s stopfen, not stopfon. :)

]]> By: Niall http://www.dailywritingtips.com/stifle-already/comment-page-1/#comment-182375 Niall Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:56:38 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3013#comment-182375 Is Brad confusing the expressions 'put a boot in it' and 'put a sock in it'? In the UK at least, to' put the boot in' is to metaphorically assault someone, usually when they are virtually defeated anyway; telling someone to 'put a sock in it' is telling them to shut up. Is Brad confusing the expressions ‘put a boot in it’ and ‘put a sock in it’?

In the UK at least, to’ put the boot in’ is to metaphorically assault someone, usually when they are virtually defeated anyway; telling someone to ‘put a sock in it’ is telling them to shut up.

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