what I am saying is that using the phrase that way is a misuse
Yes, and it is a very common misuse. Saying it is a misuse doesn't stop people from using that way and it does not stop that way from taking precedence over time.
"Bad apples" is said so often about police brutality that that misuse is probably more commonly used than the complete old saying, "misuse" or not.
As another more specific example of how "misuse" can take over, Pepe the frog was never intended by his creator to be the basis of nazi memes, but those nazi memes were so common that the comic's creator, after a long legal struggle, gave up on the character and even drew a funeral to represent giving up on trying to get the character back.
Yes, and it is a very common misuse. Saying it is a misuse doesn't stop people from using that way and it does not stop that way from taking precedence over time.
"Bad apples" is said so often about police brutality that that misuse is probably more commonly used than the complete old saying, "misuse" or not.
As another more specific example of how "misuse" can take over, Pepe the frog was never intended by his creator to be the basis of nazi memes, but those nazi memes were so common that the comic's creator, after a long legal struggle, gave up on the character and even drew a funeral to represent giving up on trying to get the character back.