You can say that again! Say what???
So much of our language is made up of idioms. "You can say that again" meaning I am in agreement but isn't that strange? We usually ask someone to repeat something if we didn't understand what they said. If we didn't understand what was said, how on earth can we express agreement with it???
So do you can repeat something if someone says to you, "You can say that again!"? How about if they say, "Say what?" ? Does that prompt a repeat of your statement or an explanation about what your statement meant?
What about if you choose not to "say that again" or to explain what you meant to the response "say what", would you hear someone say, "Cat got your tongue?"?
NOW THAT IS A STRANGE ONE!
Idioms... to "talk till you're blue in the face" might take awhile...or "spilling the beans" might cause a problem for someone. Is it better to "spill the beans" or to just "spit it out"?
Our language is richer than we know! Don't you just love idioms?
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