It isn’t wowing you over

A couple were watching a very popular t.v. show, and the husband clearly was not enjoying it. The wife remarked: “It isn’t wowing you over, is it?” This is a congruent conflation of “wowing (someone)” and “bowling (someone) over”, both meaning to thoroughly impress someone. A big thank you to Barry Eigen who heard this one and sent it in.

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