When I was little, i thought a "loan shark" was a literal shark. I remember hearing my parents talking about loan sharks and thought they were going to get bitten by a shark if they didn't pay any money.
A childhood belief about criminals
others believed things like this
- I used to think that a "pool shark" was an actual shark that lived in a swimming poolAnon
- I used to think that the TV show "Shark Tank" involved actual sharks in a tank.Anon
- I thought the song "Hit me with your best shot" was "Hit me with your pet shark"Anon
- When i was younger,I used to believe i could see a shark in a pool .Anon
- I used to believe that the foam that sometimes washes up on the beach was shark saliva... — Tiffany
- A friend believed that they used a tame shark during the filming of "Jaws".— Wendy