Writing Tip 165: “Shoe-in” vs. “Shoo-in”

“Shoe-in” vs. “Shoo-in”
Shoo, shoe. Stop photobombing the picture! (A shoo-in for a photography award? Probably not.)

Are we talking about wedging a foot into a doorway or about shooing something in a certain direction? Do you know?

When this expression is spelled wrong, it’s almost justifiable. To “get a foot in the door” is a common idiom, and this one could be related… But it’s not.More