Brass tacks. 🤔 Always would have assumed brass tax, but now I know. Funny how I’ve probably never seen those two words written together in over 40 years.
I know idioms don’t necessarily have to make sense, but how were you imagining getting down to a tax? Like it was at the bottom of a list of taxes or something?
I don’t really know if I ever gave it any thought, but thinking now I would likely have assumed there might have been a tax on brass goods at some point. 🤷
Brass tacks. 🤔 Always would have assumed brass tax, but now I know. Funny how I’ve probably never seen those two words written together in over 40 years.
An eggcorn! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn
My new word for the day! Thank you :)
Bone Apple Tea has a Wikipedia entry?!
I feel betrayed
Right! What else isn’t as we assume. The whole fabric of reality is crumbling around us.
I know idioms don’t necessarily have to make sense, but how were you imagining getting down to a tax? Like it was at the bottom of a list of taxes or something?
I don’t really know if I ever gave it any thought, but thinking now I would likely have assumed there might have been a tax on brass goods at some point. 🤷