Eggcorn?

[Charles Doyle]

dEnIs--

To me, the "in" form seems a lot more graphic and less delicate!

However, a very quick and sloppy Google search shows a greater prevalence of your "in" version (88,400) than my "on" version (12,000).

Everyone to their own taste . . . .

--Charlie
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>Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 08:57:39 -0400
>From: Dennis Preston <preston at MSU.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Eggcorn?
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>Charlie,
>
>Yes; I have this "biter bit" longer form, but I require the
>preposition "in" (not "on") in it. For me, a "bite on the ass" is literal (and itches or is an indication of very rough sex play).
>
>dInIs
>
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>>I was thinking of a longer expression denoting that something (an caustic remark, a practical joke, a shady business maneuver, maybe even a well-intended deed) might "come around (or back) and bite you on the ass." A formulaic version of the old "biter bit" motif.
>>
>>--Charlie
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>>>Charlie,
>>>
>>>I have imperative "bite my ass" and exclamatory "kick in the ass"
>>>but no fixed phrase "bite on the ass" (although in the
>>>mosquito-ridden Ohio River Valley I suffered many such as a child).
>>>Where is this "bite on the ass" a fixed phrase (and what does it
>>>mean)?
>>>
>>>dInIs
>>>
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>>>>
>>>>That is, "nip in the bud" + "bite on the ass"?
>>>>
>>>>--Charlie
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