A fat chance and a slim chance are the same thing

jscari@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world – 308 points –
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If you're up for something, or down for something, it means the same thing.

If you fill in a form or fill out a form, it means the same thing.

English is fucked.

Think about filling in a form, though. Filling in a form—“to fill” is unambiguous. In/out isn’t even necessary when you think about it. “I’m going to fill a form” means the same thing too.

I feel like you're technically correct, but saying "fill a form" just sounds weird to a native English speaker.

Also try this inflammable table with flammable chairs.

I hate this one, it confuses Dutch people from time to time, so they think “inflammable” means “fire resistant”.

Extra scary when there's only an English-language warning on this

Don't forget you might already be in the right place and don't need to go up or down. Then you can say you're "there for something"