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Sayings/phrases/idioms which make no sense

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    #32
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    RebelButtMunch wrote: »
    What the hell? is abbreviated nowadays to "The hell?" - Arseh0les

    I think “I could care less” is short for

    “I could care less, but it would have to be something really trivial”.


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    #33
    topper75
    Registered Users Posts: 5,942 ✭✭✭topper75


    Donald Trump wrote: »
    Ted had it right though


    And people try to say he was the mental one

    But let's be clear, they didn't lock him up because he was right or mental.

    What he wrote was right, but what he did was wrong.


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    #34
    setanta1000
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭setanta1000


    Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »
    The current state of the particular art to which is being referred.

    Nerd Hat on:

    I disagree - that is not a valid disambiguation of this phrase

    In common parlance "State of the Art" is used to denote something as being "best in class" or more advanced that all others in its field - your definition does not explain how the phrase relates to common usage.

    Nerd hat off.


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    #35
    The Crowman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 991 ✭✭✭The Crowman


    chicorytip wrote: »
    "Back in the day..."

    I remember when the only time you heard that phrase used was in rap songs or the Wire. Now it's everywhere.


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    #36
    Are Am Eye
    Registered Users Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Are Am Eye


    topper75 wrote: »
    But let's be clear, they didn't lock him up because he was right or mental.

    What he wrote was right, but what he did was wrong.

    He was throwing those bombs away in the trash.
    It's not his fault the mail boxes look like bins.


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    #37
    milehip
    Registered Users Posts: 733 ✭✭✭milehip


    Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »
    RebelButtMunch wrote: »
    What the hell? is abbreviated nowadays to "The hell?" - Arseh0les

    I think “I could care less” is short for

    “I could care less, but it would have to be something really trivial”.


    I thought it was short for
    "I could care less..... If I had a full frontal lobotomy"


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    #38
    Hammer89
    Registered Users Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭Hammer89


    I'm sure all of them make sense if you were to discover the context.


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    #39
    AllForIt
    Registered Users Posts: 8,305 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    Billy86 wrote: »
    It's an Americanism and not heard often here but "I could care less" is the stupidest f*cking saying to ever be uttered.

    That expression was widely used where I grew up in Ireland.

    However at least we used it correctly because it's not could it's couldn't.


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    #40
    Ficheall
    Registered Users Posts: 9,024 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    "What's for you won't pass you."


    So stay in bed all day, and someone will headhunt you for that dream job you aren't remotely qualified for.


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    #41
    Hector Bellend
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭Hector Bellend


    " I could care less "


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    #42
    ambasite
    Registered Users Posts: 599 ✭✭✭ambasite


    "A day outside West Limerick is a day wasted."


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    #43
    Surreptitious
    Registered Users Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭Surreptitious


    williestroker1 wrote: »
    'Back of the net' when talking about anything other than football.

    This has to be a wind up especially with the username.


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    #44
    Donald Trump
    Registered Users Posts: 19,136 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    topper75 wrote: »
    But let's be clear, they didn't lock him up because he was right or mental.

    What he wrote was right, but what he did was wrong.




    I was referring to the saying "have your cake and eat it"


    Ted said "eat your cake and have it too"


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    #45
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,256 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Pretty much anything in this Weird Al video. Word Crimes.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc


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