Comment on The best “I told you so”s are the ones where you never have to say “I told you so” because the other person clearly knows you told them so

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Benjaben@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I love botched idioms so much. “It’s not rocket surgery” is my go to, but the best ones are unintentional (and completely torture the original).

  Best I’ve heard lately was on the air, local NPR affiliate, and the unfortunate lass said something, complimenting I think a film director, saying “He’s hitting all cylinders at just the very top level”.

  (The original is “firing on all cylinders”, which just describes an internal combustion engine working properly and not suffering from that particular degradation, cylinders misfiring. Hitting them, anywhere, let alone “at the top level”, is utter nonsense and it was delightful to me, she flat out abused that idiom)

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  • prex@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • Benjaben@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      ENTIRELY possible that this exact line is what sent me down the path of noticing and loving tortured idioms. And I forgot all about it, so thanks!!

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  • forrgott@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My favorite recently was when a friend said, “Reap the fruit of my loins”.

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    • TheDoozer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So, like, labor and delivery?

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  • Delphia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You would love some of the “Fick-isms” from the Arisen book series.

    “Hey! If you put your dirty dick beaters on her again I’m gonna light you on fire and put it out with a fork!”

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    • Benjaben@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Color me intrigued!

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      • Delphia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Its a zombie apocalypse book series following the last of the spec ops operators in the world as they hit hot zones and try to piece together the elements of the cure the world was working on before everywhere but the UK was overrun.

        The Audiobook is particularly good.

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  • piecat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Worst-case ontario

    Passed with flying carpets

    It’s not rocket appliances

    It’s just water outta the fridge

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    • Benjaben@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Delicious. That last one especially, scrolls right off the tongue.

      Feels like something Ricky from Trailer Park Boys would deliver.

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