This article is a list of stupid phrases that people say that really don't make any sense.
"A pair of pants" - Ok, a pair is two. Unless you have four legs, you can't wear a pair of pants.
"Same difference" - Uh...no... the word, same, and the word, different, are two complete opposites.
"I'm only human" - Really? So you're saying there are other people in the world who are not only human?
"I, Personally" - Ok, "I" and "personally" are the same thing.
"I thought to myself" - Is there any other way to do that?
"I saw it with my own eyes" - Oh, really? I thought you saw it with someone else's eyes
"Can I ask you a question?" - You just did.
"It's a piece of cake" - Why is cake simple? I'm pretty sure making a cake from scratch isn't easy.
"Did I wake you?" - No, I always sleep with my eyes open.
"I don't mean to interrupt" - Yes you do.
"You know what I'm saying?" - After saying it for the 100th time in one sentence, I'm pretty sure you don't even know what you're saying.
"Break my heart" - Ok, the heart isn't a bone, it's an organ. Last time I checked you can't break an organ.
"Can we talk?" - Well since you're talking, I'm pretty sure I can too.
"Cross my heart and hope to die" - Why? It's not that serious.
"I'm just saying" - Well, then say it already.
"First things first" - Wow...did you come up with that all by yourself?
"To be honest","To tell you the truth", "I'm not gonna lie" - Pretty much whatever you're going to say I'm not going to like.
"I slept like a baby" - Last time I checked, babies cry throughout the night...
"If I told you once, I told you a thousand times" - No you haven't, liar.
"That's what I'm talking about" - Actually, that's what I am talking about.
"You're a spitting image of your father" - Well, since I've never seen an image of my father spitting before, I'll take your word for it.
"It's always in the last place you look" - So if I'm done looking, that means I found it already?
"You got up on the wrong side of the bed" - Where, the bottom?
"Good things come to those who wait" - Actually, its "Good things come to those who take advantage" the waiters get the leftovers.
"Better late than never" - Most things you get late are usually ruined, like food for example, but never means you didn't waste your money getting spoiled food.
"I could care less" - Don't you mean, "I couldn't care less"? By saying, "I could care less" means you care quite a bit.
"The grass is always greener on the other side" - The other side is dirt. Last time I looked dirt is brown not green.
"There's no time like the present" - Well, since right now you can't do things in the past or the future, you're running low on options.
"Rules are made to be broken" - No, rules are made to be obeyed. If they weren't people wouldn't be in prison for breaking them.
"It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all" - Well, if you've never experienced one or the other, how would you know?
"This will hurt me more than it will hurt you" - I don't think you know how pain works.
"I need some space" - How much more space do you need, we live in a huge world.
"Cross that bridge when you come to it" - Nah, I think ill cross it before I come to it.
"Break a leg" - So you think the only way I can accomplish this is by breaking my leg?
"Practice makes perfect" - No, practice makes better. Nothing makes perfect.
"At the end of the day" - How do you know what's going to happen in the future?
"110%" - Since when is 100% not good enough?
"I can't wait" - Well, you're gonna.
"I would like to apologize" - Well, then apologize.
"It's all good" - You usually hear this after something bad has happened, so what they actually mean is, "It's all not good".
"Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me" - What a load of crap. It should say, "Sticks and stones will kill me, but words can only hurt me".
"Literally" - I hate when people say literally instead of figuratively. Example: "I'm literally hanging by a thread".
"Welcome to my world" - Well, since we both live in the same world, I'm pretty sure I've already been welcomed into it.
"Give me a hand" - I kinda like my hand attached to my arm, thanks.
"Head over heels" - Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't your head already over your heels?
"Slept like a log" - Logs don't sleep. They are just there.
"As the crow flies" - Well, since clearly I am not a crow, can you tell me how far it is for a human?
"Sweating like a pig" - Unless you are a pig, which you aren't. How do you know a pig sweats?
"Catch my breath" - Why are you chasing your breath?
"I've got your back" - Why? Everything that is important on a human body is on the front.
"Really?" - Yes, really.
"Happy as a clam" - How can you tell if a clam is happy?
"Let's roll" - Can't we just run?
"Oh snap" - Where's crackle and pop?
"You're barking up the wrong tree" - Excuse me, I am not a dog. I am a human. I don't bark.
"Down to Earth" - Where are you? In space?
"Dropping like flies" - I've never actually seen flies drop. I've seen them fly.
"Elvis has left the building" - Sorry to break this to you, but Elvis is dead.
"Every cloud has a silver lining." - Wouldn't that make it kinda heavy?
"Fight fire with fire." - Ok, that doesn't work. Try water, it works really well.
"Fish out of water" - So your saying that you are flopping around gasping for air?
"Heads up!" - Thanks, now the ball actually hit my head. Next time try "duck" or "heads down".
"I smell a rat" - Call an exterminator.
"Keep your eyes peeled" - No thank you, that sounds kinda painful.
"On cloud nine" - What the heck is cloud nine?
"Raining cats and dogs" - That's a lot of cats and dogs. I don't think they should be falling from the sky, I really don't want to get hit by a Great Dane.
"Son of a gun" - I didn't know guns could have kids.
"Wild goose chase" - Have you ever chased a wild goose? No, I didn't think so, it's because they are usually chasing you.
"What goes up must come down" - Duh.
"You are what you eat" - No I'm not.
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