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#1 2015-07-09 07:00:20

David Bird
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From: The Hammer, Ontario
Registered: 2009-07-28
Posts: 1702

"I boiled my eyes out"

Rereading CatherineR’s post, from February, of it all balls down to, got me to thinking that there might be a return-tripper out there somewhere. When tears boil up and spill out in hot scalding rivulets, be careful not to boil your eyes right out.

Outlet: Okay right now im boiling my eyes out, I have no one to talk to, so im going to express my feelings on here.

Nasty hubby: If he sees a black spot on the floor he’ll make me feel so incompetent that I go to my room and boil my eyes out.

Teenybopper: Q: How was the 1D concert? A: BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!
So basically….. I WAS BOILING MY EYES OUT! It only went 4 an hour and a half but felt like 20min!

youtube review: this video made me cryyyyy and cryyyy ! great job tho keep it up made me boil my eyes out

Double up your eggcorns: I’ve just shared a tear. Now I’m off to boil my eyes out.

Same football forum, another strange expression: She started boiling her eyes out and was yelling from the top of her lungs.

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#2 2015-07-10 00:32:11

JuanTwoThree
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From: Spain
Registered: 2009-08-15
Posts: 455

Re: "I boiled my eyes out"

It’s a round-trip but not ending up in the same place, exactly. Balling isn’t bawling. Though both heads and eyes are round:

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/538/ball/

The first time he smiled at me was right after the adoption finalized and I balled my head off. When he started walking I cried some more.

and bald is in the heady mix, to crown it all:

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/view … hp?id=3346


On the plain in Spain where it mainly rains.

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