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* ''[[In Death]]'' series: Eve Dallas has an interesting habit of using the wrong words in idioms. ''Vengeance In Death'' had her saying, ''"And don't get on your golden horse with me, Roarke! Don't you even start!" Roarke had to point out that it's "high horse". Another booksbook had her saying "Killing the fatted cow." Roarke points out that it's "calf" and she asks "What's the difference?" to which he responds "Oh, about a few hundred pounds, I imagine." Another book had him asking if she gets them wrong on purpose, and she says something like "Maybe." All this is to apparently show that Eve is so literal-minded that she has a hard time working with figurative expressions like idioms!