Would it be too terrible

[brainofck]

So, I was reading a story. A decent story. Pretty well written. Entertaining. Hot smut.

But the author wrote, at one point, that someone had a problem they were going to "nip in the butt." This did not appear to be a joke.

Now.

Would it be quite rude for me to feedback to this person that the expression is not, in fact, "nip in the butt?"

Because, on the one hand, I would be very embarrassed to get feedback like that. To the point I might even screen the comment in shame. But I would definitely want to know.

Thoughts?

Comments

[spyderqueen.livejournal.com]

I'm always kind of torn on those kinds of feedback, a lot of time I make the decision based on how long ago it was posted, because once it's a certain age I think a lot of authors are less inclined to correct things.


I also don't really correct cliches/idioms that often because in many cases the meaning doesn't change (How does "card sharp" make ANY more sense than "card shark" at this point in time anyway?), but since she did just change the meaning of the idiom (now it sounds more like "grabbing attention to the problem" rather than "stopping the problem before it gets worse) it does sound like a candidate for correction