Stupid sayings etc

[hfc rd]

“I can’t believe it”

[Mibbes Aye]

Not sure if it technically stupid, but sometimes as a child, I would have the main light and the bedside lamp on in my bedroom and if my mum came in she would say “It’s like Blackpool illuminations in here”.

I had never been to Blackpool at that stage but imagined the illuminations were much brighter and in a more vivid range of colours. Potentially flashing, also.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

It's raining cats and dogs.

[Frankhfc]

''Don't get you're knickers in a twist''

Wasn't wearing knickers ergo neither were they twisted.

[Pretty Boy]

Not sure if it makes sense or not but I hate when older people say:

'You young people don't know you're born'

It's just a throwaway line for the 60+ to hammer home once again how tough they believe they had it and how easy everyone has it now.

[Hermit Crab]

A swear down mate/bruv/man. Cringe stuff

[Hibbyradge]

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Both of these seem to be entirely reasonable and not stupid. Perhaps I am stupid for missing the point.

If you get knocked down 9 times, you can only get up again 9 times, not 10.

[Hibbyradge]

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"My bad"
"Oh my days"

My bad is just an American expression meaning my mistake. It could be argued that it's annoying, but it's not really stupid.

"Oh my days" is an alternative to "oh my god" or "oh my word" or "jings, crivens help ma boab" or "FFS".

Again, not really stupid.

IMHO, obvs.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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My bad is just an American expression meaning my mistake. It could be argued that it's annoying, but it's not really stupid.

"Oh my days" is an alternative to "oh my god" or "oh my word" or "jings, crivens help ma boab" or "FFS".

Again, not really stupid.

IMHO, obvs.

Just list them under etc in the thread title in that case.

[Hibbyradge]

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Just list them under etc in the thread title in that case.

Point taken.

Although the pedant in me would suggest that the "etc" referred to the word "stupid" rather than "sayings", but I won't let him say that.

[Onceinawhile]

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Both of these seem to be entirely reasonable and not stupid. Perhaps I am stupid for missing the point.

If I get knocked down once, I get up once.

If I get knocked down 9 times, I get up 9 times.

I understand the phrase is about conveying a spirit of not giving up, but it's wrongly phrased.

[grunt]

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If you get knocked down 9 times, you can only get up again 9 times, not 10.

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If I get knocked down once, I get up once.

If I get knocked down 9 times, I get up 9 times.

I understand the phrase is about conveying a spirit of not giving up, but it's wrongly phrased.

You're obviously both right. I've spent all morning thinking about this one!! As you say, the point is that when you get up after the 9th knockdown, you are "up" for the 10th time (since you were up first before you were knocked down).

Think I'm going to have to have a lie down! (And then I'll get up).

[Hibbyradge]

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Think I'm going to have to have a lie down! (And then I'll get up).

How many times though?

[lapsedhibee]

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If I get knocked down once, I get up once.

If I get knocked down 9 times, I get up 9 times.

I understand the phrase is about conveying a spirit of not giving up, but it's wrongly phrased.

Bunch of literalist *******s on this thread. Getting knocked down 9 times and getting up 10 isn't any different from saying that you gave 111.1% in a match. It's just exaggerating for effect. By a ninth.

[Hibrandenburg]

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How many times though?

Inevitably the latter one time less than the former.

[pollution]

He/she got his/her just desserts.

It's deserts ie nothing! Really gets my goat!!

[Hibbyradge]

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Inevitably the latter one time less than the former.

Inevitably or hopefully?

[Future17]

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He/she got his/her just desserts.

It's deserts ie nothing! Really gets my goat!!

Understandable one that given the pronunciation. What a strange language English is.

[Scouse Hibee]

[QUOTE=pollution;5979530]He/she got his/her just desserts.

It's deserts ie nothing! Really gets my goat!![/

The phrase is even older than dessert, using an older noun version of desert meaning "deserved reward or punishment," which is spelled like the arid land, but pronounced like the sweet treat.

[One Day Soon]

****s

[Smartie]

"The proof is in the pudding".

No. It isn't.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A stupid phrase itself but at least get it right.

[WeeRussell]

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Point taken.

Although the pedant in me would suggest that the "etc" referred to the word "stupid" rather than "sayings", but I won't let him say that.

In which case they are alternatives to stupid.. they are the etcs? Isn’t that what he’s saying.

Anyway.. I’ll throw my hat in the ring with:

“I was poorless” when someone tells you how funny they allegedly found something.

Come to think of it.. throwing your hat into a ring is a strange one as well!

[Speedy]

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He/she got his/her just desserts.

It's deserts ie nothing! Really gets my goat!!

Do you have many animals or just goats?

[lapsedhibee]

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Do you have many animals or just goats?

[Hibbyradge]

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In which case they are alternatives to stupid.. they are the etcs? Isn’t that what he’s saying.

Anyway.. I’ll throw my hat in the ring with:

“I was poorless” when someone tells you how funny they allegedly found something.

Come to think of it.. throwing your hat into a ring is a strange one as well!

I take the etc to mean "sayings, expressions, maxims, slogans" etc which are stupid. Otherwise it would be "Stupid etc sayings". Or summat like that.

Throwing a hat into a ring used to indicate that you wanted to have a boxing match.

A bit like putting a 50p on a pool table, but with more blood and pain. Usually!

[Peevemor]

"Cheap at half the price" is one that has always annoyed me.

[pollution]

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He/she got his/her just desserts.

It's deserts ie nothing! Really gets my goat!![/

The phrase is even older than dessert, using an older noun version of desert meaning "deserved reward or punishment," which is spelled like the arid land, but pronounced like the sweet treat.

Good reply, I stand corrected.

[Pete]

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"Cheap at half the price" is one that has always annoyed me.

Never really heard that one.

Is it not "cheap at twice the price", which makes sense?

[lord bunberry]

Bobs your uncle. What’s that all about?

[Future17]

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Bobs your uncle. What’s that all about?

Your auntie's fondness for Boaby?