Figures of Speech That Should Disappear Forever

[DallasEast]

"We all know." Harry didn't know that. Right Harry? See? He didn't know. What should we all know?

"You know what I'm saying." Sorry. My telepathy's on the fritz today. Say again?

"I'm starving." Are you sure? Nothing about you screams emaciation.

 

[Runwildboys]

"That's the pot calling the kettle black." What's wrong with that?

 

[DallasEast]

"That's the pot calling the kettle black." What's wrong with that?

I would keep that one. It clues someone into their irony. Or it should make someone reconsider what they said.

 

[Tabascocat]

“I could care less”

It is couldn’t!

 

[Cowboys5217]

"That's a lot to unpack."

"They're cooked."

 

[JIMMYBUFFETT]

It's raining cats and dogs - What a horrific event that would be. Umbrellas wouldn't help at all, rain gutters and down spouts would be completely clogged with fur, and I can't even fathom what a flash flood would look like.

Cost you an arm and a leg - That seems steep.

They're gonna poop a brick - Are we talking adobe, cinder, concrete, or clay? Details matter when discussing passing a rectangular porous block.

 

[gtb1943]

Don't tase me Bro.

 

[ratkinson]

"At the end of the day"

"Don't start none won't be none"

 

[rags747]

Let’s circle back on that
We are all in this together.

 

[Khartun]

"At the end of the day"

"Don't start none won't be none"

I was going to say "At the end of the day." Had a former boss that said it non-stop.

 

[Runwildboys]

Not so much spoken words, but written:
Live
Love
Laugh

Annoying

 

[VaqueroTD]

Yo. I feel like it's starting to calm down but there was a time when every kid was trying to finish their sentence with this word.

It's also capable of doubling up the annoyance. Take @DallasEast list for example - "You know what I'm saying?"

All you have to do is add "You know what I'm saying, yo?" and suddenly you get twice the discomfort.

 

[rags747]

Not so much spoken words, but written:
Live
Love
Laugh

Annoying

U left out YOLO!

 

[nightrain]

Literally
Quite Frankly
Tell Me About It
Whatever (man I hate that one)
What!?

 

[Runwildboys]

There's literally nothing to eat

No, there's plenty of food in the house, you just want something else.

 

[Runwildboys]

Literally
Quite Frankly
Tell Me About It
Whatever (man I hate that one)
What!?

You entered that literally as I was typing mine!

 

[DallasEast]

Literally
Quite Frankly

uh oh. I'm guilty as charged.

 

[Hardline]

It's raining cats and dogs.

 

[gtb1943]

I misspoke.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Saying “give him [name person] his flowers” should be a punchable offense.