Hubert von Herkomer, Miss May Miles
“A miss is as good as a mile”—what an odd expression! “Miss” and “mile” are grammatically but not conceptually parallel. “Good” actually means “bad.” It’s a triumph of sound over sense, and therefore well suited to this web site.
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