is the expression: "to tide you over" or "to tie you over"?
D Delmobile Senior Member Joined Jun 7, 2007 Member Type Other Jun 21, 2007 #2 Tide. It's from the sea tide, which when it rises will release a ship that has run aground. However, it has come to mean "suffice." Mother Tongue Annoyances » To "Tide Over" [native speaker, not teacher]
Tide. It's from the sea tide, which when it rises will release a ship that has run aground. However, it has come to mean "suffice." Mother Tongue Annoyances » To "Tide Over" [native speaker, not teacher]
