In Analogies^x, Phrasal verbs^x

"Grammar and exercises are only requirements of the syllabus, not of learning a language. Did you learn the grammar of your mother-tongue when you were acquiring it? Most of you may still not know the grammar of your mother-tongue but you speak it effortlessly." If grammar means identifying...

Such antics! How about "The phone is ringing (to the point of falling) off the hook." the analogy being with the phrasal verb "to fall off"? Cf. 'shaking/brushing an insect off one's sleeve' (This doesn't mean picking up the little fellow and shaking/brushing him, does it?)...