My mother always used to talk about "making ends meet" as a child. I always though she was referring to hamburgers and meatloaf.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- My mom was always talking about "making
ends meat" but I don't ever remember having it served at dinner!— John Stees - I used to belive that hamburgers were infact called "handburgers" because you ate them out of your hand :DAnon
- When I was a child I used to believe that there were two hands inside the TV making the cartoons move.Anon
- As a child I use to think that factory that billowed white smoke were making clouds.Anon
- When I was a child I used to believe that teddy bears could talk to me at night.— Daiana
- When I was little I USED to THINK that hair grows by the ends.— Sirin