rise to the challenge v.s. rise to the occasion

[Lost_Soul]

Hi,

I lighted on this sentence:

[Yankee]

Hi Alex

Yes, I'd say you could also use "risen to the occasion" without any real difference in meaning.
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By the way, you've either got the wrong verb or a couple of typos in the title of this thread.
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[Lost_Soul]

Thank you, Amy!

[Molly]

I've heard "rise to the occasion" used in reference to men who suffer temporary impotency due to over-consumption of alchohol and as a result are unable to copulate, so to speak. I've never heard "rise to the challenge" used in that way. Maybe each expression is found in different contexts.

[Daemon99]

[Molly]

[Haihao]

Just to quote daemon99's "I am head over heels in love with English" to ask a question: why "head over heels"? Shouldn't "heels over head" be reasonable to manifest the hidden meaning? (half fun)

[Lost_Soul]

[Haihao]

Could you tell me why, Alex?

[Molly]

[Haihao]

I mean, why? Is it normal to be head over heels? Everyone is, isn't it? To fall in love intensely should be heels over head, right? I am sorry I made a half fun on it but I am sure the idiom originally meant that.

[Yankee]

Hi Haihao

You're right about that idiom not being particularly logical, but logic is often hard (if not impossible) to find in idioms. Have you heard the expression "I could care less"? And how is it possible to "watch your head" when someone tells you to do this?
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[Lost_Soul]

[Lost_Soul]

[Yankee]

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Interesting interpretation, Alex.
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