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in the right church but in the wrong pew

Correct in a general sense but wrong about the specifics. Well, you're the right church but in the wrong pew, Ted. Hemingway is indeed a modernist, but his sparse style is quite different from Faulkner's stream of consciousness. Seems like the pollsters were in the right church but in the wrong pew. It was a landslide, just for the other candidate! A: "Isn't this jazz?" B: "Technically, it's bebop—a style of jazz. So you're in the right church but in the wrong pew"
See also: but, church, pew, right, wrong

take a pew

To sit down. Often used as an imperative. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. We're all watching the movie. Take a pew, mate.
See also: pew, take
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ˌtake a ˈpew

(British English, spoken, humorous) used to tell somebody to sit down: Good to see you! Take a pew and I’ll get us a drink.
A pew is a long wooden seat in a church.
See also: pew, take
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