Top ten misquotes by British people (with originals in brackets):
- A damp squid (a damp squib)
- On tender hooks (on tenter hooks)
- Nip it in the butt (nip it in the bud)
- Champing at the bit (chomping at the bit)
- A mute point (a moot point)
- One foul swoop (one fell swoop)
- All that glitters is not gold (all that glisters is not gold)
- Adverse to (averse to)
- Batting down the hatches (batten down the hatches)
- Find a penny pick it up (find a pin pick it up)
Source: Telegraph