Fine-tooth comb

Important to be precise.
Witness the man, who asked to be castrated when he really wanted to be circumcised.
Maybe the request to "bare with me" came from an enthusiastic naturist?

Doesn’t the brush damage wet hair and are we in danger of hi-jacking the thread? ?

Thanks Baggs, I think what I’m actually thinking of is an ordinary comb simply for stopping tangles but now I’m wondering if the dog we don’t own would let us get rid the tick on his chest with one of those.

I've always gone with a MasonPearson. My gran recommended them for long hair.

Also, I use a brush on my hair after washing it, not a comb. You need one with stiff bristles.

dustyangel

How do you comb through your hair after washing it, if you don’t have a fine toothed comb?

We just did it on dry hair. Worked fine with the combs in the photo. They take the lice out, not the nits, which is why you have to do it twice a day for a couple of weeks.

How do you comb through your hair after washing it, if you don’t have a fine toothed comb?

It puts my teeth on edge when people say "can I get a coffee?", when ordering drinks.
My Granddaughters say it every time.

I would use this phrase quite happily when talking about going into something in very fine detail.
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fine-tooth-comb
For the other use I’d probably say nit comb!

Use a skewer, Juliet

Baggs

Actually, I hardly ever use a comb, just a good brush. The comb's useful for cleaning the brush of loose hairs.

I was looking for a comb for that very reason but there doesn’t seem to be one anywhere in the house.

I have a fine toothed comb too. It isn't a "nit comb" (which is finer still), but mine is definitely fine .

I second fine-toothed comb, and I do have one. It is very useful for catching the fleas that survive in the cat's fur, by moving down to his bottom, as far away as possible from the flea deterrant!

Actually, I hardly ever use a comb, just a good brush. The comb's useful for cleaning the brush of loose hairs.

I've been trying to say "fine-toothed comb" and I think I've found the answer to why people tend to say fine-tooth comb instead: the end of toothed and the beginning of comb do not sit well together and slip of the tongue. You have to take longer to say them than you do to say fine-tooth comb. I think that's why it tends to get shortened.

That's my theory any road and I'm sticking my comb to it.

Cardigans are optional
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...this made me laugh!

My current favourite irritant is the now common use of "the proof is in the pudding", as it makes no sense whatsoever. It would take only three more words to use the proper phrase!

Polarbear2

For my six pennorth ? I’m increasingly seeing people use bare instead of bear. As in bear the weight of something. They put bare instead? Seen it several times recently

Twice in recent discussions about US gun laws I’ve seen reference to their right to bare arms

Cardigans are optional ?

I was on a webchat with a TalkTalk advisor when the message came up “Please bare with me.”
I kindly explained to him that what he was suggesting was presumably not what he meant to say and that his colleagues should be made aware how important it was to get the spelling correct in this phrase.

Polarbear2

For my six pennorth ? I’m increasingly seeing people use bare instead of bear. As in bear the weight of something. They put bare instead? Seen it several times recently.

That’s one I often have trouble with I must admit

I see my typing in rubbish today so I’d best leave Pedants Corner !

Or Draws even ...

My mother used to use the term fine toothed comb quite alot.
As in "before i throw that bag out i`m going through it with a fine toothed comb" , and if she was looking for something in a cupboard she would say the same thing.

It’s a fine-toothed comb, meaning the width of the teeth an the distance apart. You could keep it on top of your Chester Drraws

For my six pennorth ? I’m increasingly seeing people use bare instead of bear. As in bear the weight of something. They put bare instead? Seen it several times recently.