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Chris -- 2018-04-11
My daughter overheard this yesterday in the context of two office workers who had feelings for each other, but neither was revealing them to the other. Has to be “harboring feelings”, right?
Google shows only about 30hits, but they’re dead-on:
However, we were both harvesting feelings for eachother that were going unexpressed. When my relationship ended with my then-fiance, this man and I …
www.self.com/community/forums/thread.js … 9&tstart=0 – 47k – 21 hours ago – Cached – Similar pages
... and all the advice she had given me throughout her sad and short-lived life had made me incapable of harvesting feelings of vengeance in my heart. ...
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Never in a million years would she suspect Melfoy ever harvesting feelings for her like that. .Michaela Myers.â„¢, Aug 5 2007 10:58 AM …
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Roker, still harvesting feelings for her, is confused and worried. She shows him the book, thinking it has something to do with the wolves, ...
s7.invisionfree.com/Brackenwood/ar/t11928.htm – 57k
I think the imagery the utterers are using is along the lines of secretly “cultivating” feelings. There’s also a couple hits under “harvesting resentment”
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Ah ha! You have a clear advantage over us eggcorn-hunters who don’t have kids. Maybe I should offer my students extra credit in exchange for reports of new eggcorns….
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You should do it! By trick or bribe, if it exercises their mind it’s worth it. They’ll probably discover how much fun it is.
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I have you both beat.
I have a MOM who harvests eggcorns!
(she’s the one who got me started on this fascination)
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Very nice eggcorn, booboo. I know you like to get validation for your finds, so kudos. Maybe I’ll add something more later if it occurs to me: I hate to make me-too posts.
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