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Mr. Tom Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Apocryphal and sprat to catch a mackerel

Hi

I am aware that the word apocryphal is used often in stories and articles -- but today, for the first time ever, I ran into the idiom sprat to catch a mackerel in our local newspaper.

Could you please tell me how common these two are among native speakers, especially in spoken English?

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Mr. Tom apocryphal I use it constantly. Mr.

— Mister Micawber

  • Mr.
  • Tom apocryphal I use it constantly.
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  • Tom sprat to catch a mackerel I've read about it, but offhand, I've never seen or heard it used.
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Mr. Tomapocryphal

I use it constantly.

Mr. Tom sprat to catch a mackerel

I've read about it, but offhand, I've never seen or heard it used.

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