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Old 29-04-2014, 06:30 AM #1
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..yeah I know this has been done before but well, we can have our cake and eat it...what ridiculous sayings/phrases do you know that make no sense at all..?...


..a game of two halves...well obviously......
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..yeah I know this has been done before but well, we can have our cake and eat it...what ridiculous sayings/phrases do you know that make no sense at all..?...


..a game of two halves...well obviously......
I really hate that saying. You could say it gets my goat (another which makes no sense)
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you cant have your cake and eat it too. that annoys me of course you can

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I would rather eat a horse.

But these times we have probably been doing that for 10+ years without knowing.
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If you are tired of london you are tired of life

a saying from 2 centuries ago that made zero sense back then and is just as meaningless today
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"I slept like a baby last night"

Don't babies constantly wake up and cry most of the night?
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''I could care less''
So you do care?
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''I could care less''
So you do care?
The original phrase was always "I couldn't care less"... Which makes perfect sense... I have no idea how it morphed into this nonsense. It seems to be an American thing. It grates on me every time I hear it on TV :/. Maybe it's supposed to be sarcasm? But it never sounds like sarcasm...
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"I slept like a baby last night"

Don't babies constantly wake up and cry most of the night?
Many comedians have used that one... "slept like a baby last night!... I kept waking up crying, and I wet myself". Etc..

That said, a friend of mine has a baby who sleeps like a log for 12 hours straight. Maybe whoever came up with the phrase had one of those?
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''I could care less''
So you do care?
I think it preempts the rest of the statement, 'I could care less...But I don't'

'I turned around and said' and 'at the end of the day' are two phrases that annoy me they are used to death and they don't really mean anything.
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Not a saying as such but

'Not to be rude but....' finishes the sentence by being rude.
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'He's like marmite, you either love him or hate him'.

When everybody either likes or dislikes something or someone.
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I hear "I can't see the wood for the trees" a lot. I hate it.
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'He's like marmite, you either love him or hate him'.

When everybody either likes or dislikes something or someone.
..what if he is called Marmite..?...
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..what if he is called Marmite..?...
Then he tastes like sh*t.
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Then he tastes like sh*t.

....that guy Marmite.....
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Not a saying as such but

'Not to be rude but....' finishes the sentence by being rude.
This...along with...
"I'm not being funny,but..."
"No offense, but.."

Also putting 110% in when its just it possible

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"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"

... Is a bird really worth anything, anyway? I mean maybe some sort of rare bird, but... Just a normal bird? Could I quit my job and just go around swiping sparrows out of bushes?
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"You're joking me". It's not proper English and it makes people sound stupid.
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When dumb ass americans say 'I could care less' instead of 'I couldn't care less'
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