Overused phrases that don't even make that much sense

star.chaser · 29-09-2009 5:00pm #1

1.) Has anyone ever actually won any bread?

IvySlayer · 29-09-2009 5:02pm

2) Happy as Larry

Who the **** is Larry and why is he happy :mad:

An Fear Aniar · 29-09-2009 5:03pm

You're a legend.

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SlickRic · 29-09-2009 5:08pm

'as safe as houses'

yeah, tell them scouse footballers mate.

davyjose · 29-09-2009 5:08pm

Yore Ma

29-09-2009 5:09pm

hows your flaps

brummytom · 29-09-2009 5:10pm

'Got on like a house on fire'

'That's by the by'

WTF?!

replicantface · 29-09-2009 5:10pm

The exception that proves the rule

genericguy · 29-09-2009 5:11pm

'attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder.'

it doesn't exist missus, your child is just a little prick.

ChocolateSauce · 29-09-2009 5:12pm

Calling something other than a gas "gas".

Fago! · 29-09-2009 5:15pm

In all in anyways.

me_right_one · 29-09-2009 5:18pm

Going forward

Hard Larry · 29-09-2009 5:18pm

IvySlayer wrote: »

2) Happy as Larry

Who the **** is Larry and why is he happy :mad:

No relation.

IvySlayer · 29-09-2009 5:19pm

Hard Larry wrote: »

No relation.

As hard as Larry

Who the **** is Larry and why is he hard :mad:

ttm · 29-09-2009 5:19pm

sucking diesel

Cupcake_Crisis · 29-09-2009 5:31pm

'You're all up in my grill!'

Pygmalion · 29-09-2009 5:36pm

'Same difference'.

I actually rage any time I hear someone use it (and usually call them a retard who doesn't understand simple english).

The Big Red Button · 29-09-2009 5:39pm

"Horses for courses."

(a) What is that even supposed to mean?
and
(b) Don't answer that because I don't even care, it's just a really, really annoying phrase.

orourkeda · 29-09-2009 5:41pm

people who pronounce t like s causing you to misunderstand

themilkyone · 29-09-2009 5:44pm

You have to speculate to accumulate

ttm · 29-09-2009 5:45pm

Pygmalion wrote: »

'Same difference'.

I actually rage any time I hear someone use it (and usually call them a retard who doesn't understand simple english).

how's she cutting v sucking diesel

Same difference

Agricola · 29-09-2009 5:46pm

Christ on a bike....

Whats that about?

El Guapo! · 29-09-2009 5:50pm

Agricola wrote: »

Christ on a bike....

Whats that about?

Euro_Kraut · 29-09-2009 5:51pm

chatterpillar wrote: »

"Horses for courses."

(a) What is that even supposed to mean?

In racing it is noted that some horses are best suited to certain race course and tend to preform better there than elsewhere. For example Best Mate at Cheltenham.

(b) Don't answer that because I don't even care, it's just a really, really annoying phrase.

Opps....

star.chaser · 29-09-2009 5:52pm

I couldn't care less?

Should it not be "I could care less"?

Agricola · 29-09-2009 5:53pm

Dean09 wrote: »

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! I was blind but now I see!

brummytom · 29-09-2009 5:56pm

star.chaser wrote: »

I couldn't care less?

Should it not be "I could care less"?

No.. "I could care less" implies that you do care.

If you could not care any less, your level of caring is at it's lowest :P

And the original question?
"I could care less"

Hate that phrase

Senna · 29-09-2009 6:01pm

"cheap at half the price":rolleyes:

"raining cats and dogs"

ttm · 29-09-2009 6:05pm

Senna wrote: »

"cheap at half the price":rolleyes:

That one really "gets on my tits"

Senna wrote: »

"raining cats and dogs"

LOL try that on someone more Autistic than me and they'll go and look and say no it isn't

El Guapo! · 29-09-2009 6:07pm

"Cheap as chips"
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Have you seen the price of a bag chips lately?!!! :eek:

FruitLover · 29-09-2009 6:19pm

star.chaser wrote: »

I couldn't care less?

Should it not be "I could care less"?

Hyper-facepalm :rolleyes:

Poor Uncle Tom · 29-09-2009 6:21pm

" a dog is not just for Christmas...."
I heard it again today,
now I know what's on the menu till new years..

mental07 · 29-09-2009 6:26pm

'Happy out'.

fryup · 29-09-2009 6:26pm

you know when u get to a certain age, lets say 40

people will say... "its all downhill from here"

but surely it should be..." its all uphill from here"

as old age is a struggle, such as going uphill

mental07 · 29-09-2009 6:29pm

fryup wrote: »

you know when u get to a certain age, lets say 40

people will say... "its all downhill from here"

but surely it should be..." its all uphill from here"

as old age is a struggle, such as going uphill

But but...doesn't that imply that your life has reached its climax at 40 (hopefully that's bollocks), and that when you go past 40 it just gets worse...and worse....?

ttm · 29-09-2009 6:35pm

fryup wrote: »

you know when u get to a certain age, lets say 40

people will say... "its all downhill from here"

but surely it should be..." its all uphill from here"

as old age is a struggle, such as going uphill

I am over 40 and no way could I make it uphill so "its all downhill from here"

browner85 · 29-09-2009 6:35pm

Close but no cigar.................. WTF:D

Neamhshuntasach · 29-09-2009 6:37pm

'Bringing sexy back'

What the fúck? It never left. It's been right here baby.

'it's always in the last place you look'.

Try tell them to someone with amnesia. They still looking for their keys even after they found them in the 3rd place.

'no offense'

grow a set of balls and admit you don't give a fúck whether you offended me

'i'd leave her walking like john wayne'

Are you implying the duke just had his dookie pushed in? Or did you mean john wayne gacy you butt fúckin queer.

Tzetze · 29-09-2009 6:41pm

"At the end of the day..."

Chardee MacDennis · 29-09-2009 6:43pm

begging the question

Davidius · 29-09-2009 6:44pm

fryup wrote: »

you know when u get to a certain age, lets say 40

people will say... "its all downhill from here"

but surely it should be..." its all uphill from here"

as old age is a struggle, such as going uphill

Think of a negative slope.

minidazzler · 29-09-2009 6:44pm

star.chaser wrote: »

I couldn't care less?

Should it not be "I could care less"?

You don;'t know when to use that phrase do you!!!!

I hate every American TV show that has ever uttered the phrase I could care less!!!! The writers should be taken out back and flogged!!!

El Weirdo · 29-09-2009 6:47pm

IvySlayer wrote: »

2) Happy as Larry

Who the **** is Larry and why is he happy :mad:

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/as-happy-as-larry.html

Senna wrote: »

"cheap at half the price":rolleyes:

"raining cats and dogs"

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cheap-at-half-the%20-price.html
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/raining%20cats%20and%20dogs.html

browner85 wrote: »

Close but no cigar.................. WTF:D

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/close-but-no-cigar.html

fryup · 29-09-2009 6:49pm

mental07 wrote: »

But but...doesn't that imply that your life has reached its climax at 40 (hopefully that's bollocks), and that when you go past 40 it just gets worse...and worse....?

well it does in a way...your way past your prime, you get slower phyically and mentally, your sex drive lessens......going old is a drag...hence uphill

Chardee MacDennis · 29-09-2009 6:56pm

fryup wrote: »

well it does in a way...your way past your prime, you get slower phyically and mentally, your sex drive lessens......going old is a drag...hence uphill

you're doing it wrong...

lisaface · 29-09-2009 7:01pm

"So's your face"
"Well I never..."

I can't think of anymore , I don't think I want to either lol

ttm · 29-09-2009 7:01pm

fryup wrote: »

well it does in a way...your way past your prime, you get slower phyically and mentally, your sex drive lessens......going old is a drag...hence uphill

incorrect, but "uphill struggle" is a phrase I might use

blinding · 29-09-2009 7:07pm

"Its a long road that has no turn."

What that about.

Iwasfrozen · 29-09-2009 7:22pm

blinding wrote: »

"Its a long road that has no turn."

What that about.

It means there is no way of turning once you go down a road. Think of driving down a very narrow laneway.

Corkfeen · 29-09-2009 7:25pm

"Thats below par" Its technically a compliment if you think about it.

Kipperhell · 29-09-2009 7:27pm

Pygmalion wrote: »

'Same difference'.

I actually rage any time I hear someone use it (and usually call them a retard who doesn't understand simple english).

You don't know how to use it correctly then. It is correct English.

I am shocked by some of the general ignorance of people posting some of these phrases. It must be said when people use phrases incorrectly or repeatedly is the worst.

Had a boss who used to say "N number of ..." all the time which just seemed odd how he managed to bring counting and numbers into every conversation. That and the verbal crutch of "eahhh" every sentence. A weak minded fool is how everybody understood him but he had some smarts and would often surprise people.

Overused phrases that don't even make that much sense

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