English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
THE IDIOMS OF CAUTION
You are advised to worship in your house; ~a word is enough for the wise~ (nonstandard).
You are advised to worship in your house; a word to the wise is enough (standard).
If you don’t worship in your house, I pray you don’t ~meet yourself in a police station~ (nonstandard).
If you don’t worship in your house, I pray you don’t ~land in a police station~ (nonstandard).
If you don’t worship in your house, I pray you don’t fetch up in a police station (standard). To arrive somewhere especially without intending to is to fetch up.
GAB
