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.

 

[timb2]

" It is, what it is". ...Well No S#@+

 

[Runwildboys]

" It is, what it is". ...Well No S#@+

My former boss used to use that one all the time.

"Joe, this is gonna take all day!"

"It is what it is."

"Well what the hell else would it be???"