these always make me feel like such an idiot ... specially when someone says 'easy one' and i'm still clueless
That's right! Ironically people tend to say 'to coin a phrase' when they are repeating a highly cliched phrase and are in fact doing the complete opposite of coining a phrase, which is to invent one. Your go Cher_13, to coin a nickname....
Ive never heard anyone do that, and i was always clear on what coining a phrase was...but no doubt that will all change now and ill be doing it
I've never actually heard anyone use the phrase properly. They've all persisted in their ignorance....