English is a funny language
While having a quick procrastination break from writing an essay, I was musing on the delightful way in English that 2 sentences or phrasings that sound as though they should mean the opposite actually mean the same thing.
For example:
“I take the bus to work” and “the bus takes me to work” mean exactly the same thing, even though the subject and object are reversed.
You can also both stand as a candidate in an election, and run as a candidate, which taken literally would seem to mean very different things, but they are equivalent.