By English For Today (September 29, 2018) by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)
How do you say these?
She passed with flying colours (not, in flying colour).
He who pays the piper calls the tune (not, dictates the tune).
We’ve been friends for donkey’s years (not, donkey years).
Her house is a stone’s throw from mine (not, stone throw).
Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose
Academic Advisor, Distance Learning Centre, University of Ibadan;
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Doctoral student of English, University of Ibadan.
