Sayings That You Just Don't Get..
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Personally, I like "it is what it is." A perfect statement to describe the inevitability of the issue, you can't change it no matter what.
Me too. It's a little bit zen for Western speak, but it captures something important.0 -
And "I'm five-by-five." Faith used to say that on Buffy the Vampire Slayer all the time. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? lol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_by_five0 -
Irregardless.
A woman at work says this all the time. In my head I am screaming "its just REGARDLESS". The two negatives (ir & less) cancel one another out.
This is my big one - I cring every time I hear it.0 -
Daft as a brush. What's daft about a brush?
This might be a misquote from a Douglas Adams novel, "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy." During a memorable part, something is referred to as being 'daft as a bush,' meaning 'really really not very smart.'0 -
Bread and Butter and Duck under the table
WTF never ever ever got that one.
O.o
I've never even heard that one.0 -
One that I've hard more times than I can count and still am perplexed over. "There's more than one way to skin a cat".. umm, I find one to be one too many. Why can't we just say, "there more than one way to resolve the problem you are dealing with". To the point and dosen't scar me with a horrible mental image.0
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"It could be worse"
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"Pot calling the kettle black". I understand the meaning, but I don't think I've seen many pots or kettles that are black?
I used to get it mixed up and accidentally say, "Coffee calling the kettle black", because that made more sense hahah
Also "Get over it". Oh thank you, kind sir! Now that you have said that, I feel so much better and don't care anymore!!
This comes from the time when pots (saucepans, stewpots) and kettles were both put over an open fire or on a range so they would both be blackened by smoke0 -
'You can't have your cake and eat it...'
WHY NOT?! If you are going to give me cake and tell me I can't eat it then why give it to me in the first place.
....I now REALLY want some cake!
^^ I'm a brat. I want my cake AND I want to eat it. I'm totally selfish0 -
I deal with this also! A woman at work who is also a friend says this all the time!0
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if the shoe was on the other foot.
I know what its supposed to imply but everytime I hear it, i think that would just be uncomfortable0 -
"Don't tell me what to do!"
Yes, I will when I want to, how I want to and if it is justified. Sheesh...that is what coaches are for...ARGH!0 -
One that I've hard more times than I can count and still am perplexed over. "There's more than one way to skin a cat".. umm, I find one to be one too many. Why can't we just say, "there more than one way to resolve the problem you are dealing with". To the point and dosen't scar me with a horrible mental image.
full agreement on this one.0 -
I cringe when people say "panties in a bunch". Stupidest saying ever.0
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"Bless her heart" or "I love her to death but"
In the south either of theses phrases come with a really snotty comment about "her", such as, "Love her to death but she's so stupid she has to unhook her bra to count to twelve."
I even heard a minister say his wife was just couldn't balance a checkbook, bless her heart!0 -
"Save the drama for your mama!!"
Sorry my mother doesnt want any of my drama or anyone elses for that matter. Who's mother does?? Lmao....0 -
I hate when people say "funnier" that's not a word... it's "more fun"! :noway:0
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....... Or knickers in a twist!0
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Where I am in the UK, when people are hungover and have a dry mouth they say "my mouth feels like a buzzards crotch"... Seriously? You've tasted one to know that, have you?
:laugh: I've never heard that one but my mate from Sheffield once told me that his mouth tasted like 'old tramps boot'
never heard of that one either...... We scummy suffolkers say 'Got a mouth like ghandhis flip flop.... Nice... Never tried it!
Rum ol dew...0 -
Where I am in the UK, when people are hungover and have a dry mouth they say "my mouth feels like a buzzards crotch"... Seriously? You've tasted one to know that, have you?
:laugh: I've never heard that one but my mate from Sheffield once told me that his mouth tasted like 'old tramps boot'
never heard of that one either...... We scummy suffolkers say 'Got a mouth like ghandhis flip flop.... Nice... Never tried it!
Rum ol dew...
My Dad is a cockney and says that all the time0
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