When my husband was very little and heard the phrase "Throw caution to the wind", he thought the person was saying "Throw cush into the wind". He told me that for years, he didn't know what "cush" was, and was too embarassed to ask anyone!
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- for years i was afraid to throw up because i thought it meant i was possessed like in the exorcist.Anon
- I used to believe that trees made the wind, but its the wind that blew the trees!— victoria
- I used to believe that the wind was caused by trees so you could stop the wind by getting rid of trees.— Nira
- My dad told me that when he was little, he thought the trees waved back and forth to make the wind blow.— casey
- I used to think that the tree branches moving was making the wind, not the wind making the tree branches move.— Jenny
- My brother thought the trees made the wind...logical.— peter