Sayings That You Just Don't Get..

"it's always the last place you look" hahaha, not sure why but i hate when people say this. DUH why would i keep looking for it after ive found it? lol

The thing is, I'm pretty sure that's the entire point of the phrase, that it's meant to be a joke but for some strange reason, people take it seriously!

"It was a real pain"

not that fake pain stuff.

"The exception proves the rule."

Wouldn't the exception disprove the rule? I've never understood this saying.

'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!

EXACTLY!!! Id like to see someone put a piece of cake in front of me and try and stop me from eating it.. don't they realize im fat for a reason.. that reason is cake.. and i'll be damned if they try and stop my from eating some cheesecake!!

STEP AWAY FROM THE CAKE!!!! lol.... damn now i want cake and cheesecake.... sheesssshhhhhh...

My Dad uses 'at the end of the day' and then continues on to make a point which has nothing to do with the day's end.

and 'when it comes to the crunch'....the crunch of what please??

I also know the one 'you can't EAT your cake and HAVE it, too" - so either I eat it, or i keep it :-) Am not eating anything right now! =]

What I just don't understand is 'head over heel' as in 'she felt head over heels in love with xyz' - erm, my head is always over my heels?? So why does it imply that she did something without thinking about it?? :huh:

and 'when it comes to the crunch'....the crunch of what please??

This is all I think of when I hear "the crunch": http://youtu.be/6RqWkZvjzLA

Balls to the wall - makes me think of some poor men pressed up against a wall but it means working hard - something about ship machinery working really hard. My husband (machinist mate ex Navy says it all the time). If he only saw the poor picture in my head when he says that - hahaha.

And "I'm five-by-five." Faith used to say that on Buffy the Vampire Slayer all the time. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? lol

and 'when it comes to the crunch'....the crunch of what please??

This is all I think of when I hear "the crunch": http://youtu.be/6RqWkZvjzLA

:laugh:

'A calorie is a calorie'

"It's to die for" Maybe your spouse, child or another person, but never food.

My ex husbad always says "I get it" - It irritates the hell out of me. What do you get?? He says it in response to the kids wanting to do things, that I don't necessarily agree with "I get it" - well guess what??? I DON'T GET IT!!!

OMG, did I marry your EX? My hubby says this ALL the DAMN time - I hate it, because in his case, HE DOESN'T get.... if he got it and UNDERSTOOD IT, I wouldn't have had to say it a second (3, 4, ect) time.... argh

"It is, what it is".

Ugh! I hate this. Is it? What is it exactly??

"You are just playing the game" - on reality shows other people complain that others are just there for the game.

Um... it's a damn game, what else are they supposed to be there for?

Hey SC, VA here. "It is what it is" This must be a regional thing. I hear it ALL the time. I usually answer "Is it!?"........just to get a look :-P

When people misuse "literally." The numbers were NOT literally jumping off the page at you. The pounds are not literally falling off your body.

This. I was on a bus a couple of weeks ago, and there was a girl sitting behind me who told her friend that she had literally died of embarrassment at a party the previous evening. I had to text my fiance to tell him that I might not make it home because there was a zombie on the bus.

And "I'm five-by-five." Faith used to say that on Buffy the Vampire Slayer all the time. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? lol

Five by five was originally used to define signal strength and clarity when communicating by radio. It was a scale of one to five for how strong the signal was and how clear it was. Five was the best so when people say five by five now it means everythings great. It literally means Loud and Clear.