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Do you have any funny/stupid/confusing cliche's you can share with us?

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Posted - June 19, 2017
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  • It is hard to know which to cite.  Some which annoy me the most:  "Just sayin'."  "First world problem."  "Been there, done that."  And possibly the most stupid, "That's what he said."  
      June 19, 2017 3:45 PM MDT
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  • 7126
    IT IS WHAT IT IS.   

    Grrrrrrrr.........
      June 19, 2017 4:22 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    Im sure I am but so are you.
      June 19, 2017 4:28 PM MDT
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  • 44603
    Hey...same difference.
      June 20, 2017 7:39 AM MDT
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  • 23576
    Unlike another answer, I find much helpful truth in "It is what it is." For someone -- me --  who daily keeps battling inner voices that create, at times, irrational and illogical conclusions from situations and then worries about them -- (anxiety disorder) - - to repeat to myself "It is what it is" reminds me to literally take a situation for only and exactly what it is - - to quit adding stupid fears to situations which most often are quite OK to deal with.

    "It is what it is" is a helpful managing tool for me - - and I'm very surprised at the number of people who get seemingly insanely uptight when the phrase is used.


    UPDATE: A half-hour later from posting my answer, I just now realized my answer does not answer your question. Oh, well -- it is what it is.
    ;) This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at June 21, 2017 4:19 AM MDT
      June 19, 2017 4:48 PM MDT
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  • 44603
    Yes you did.
      June 20, 2017 7:41 AM MDT
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  • 23576
    Thanks, Element 99.
    :)
      June 20, 2017 8:50 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    Nope
      June 19, 2017 7:28 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    What doesn't kill you makes you stronger... what a bunch of crap that is. 
      June 19, 2017 7:58 PM MDT
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  • 23576
    At times, I still try to wrap my head around that one, too. I see its point but I'd also like to think we all could become stronger without having to approach death or deathly circumstances. (But I know the phrase means probably only ' getting through difficult circumstances can sometimes make us stronger.' Yet, I know sometimes even getting through difficult circumstances can weaken, not strengthen, someone.)
    Golly, I'm spouting out huge monologues now -- you said it all much better than I did and in only one sentence.
    :)
      June 20, 2017 8:55 AM MDT
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  • 10052
    I hear you, I really do! I've experienced really tough situations that have definitely made me stronger, but have also experienced the opposite.  In general it's just one of those annoying things that people say to try to make you feel better when they don't know what else to say... and what probably would actually make you feel better is giving that person a slap! 

      June 21, 2017 4:18 AM MDT
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  • 53504

    (cliches)

    or

    (clichés)
      June 19, 2017 10:47 PM MDT
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  • 44603
    Thanks. I figured I would get that wrong...It is what it is.
      June 20, 2017 7:42 AM MDT
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  • 5451
    It's more of a truism than a cliché but I have a family member who always says  "It's always in the last place you look" after finding something she had a hard time finding.

    Umm, yes, I guess it's never going to be in the second last place you look or the third last place you look because most people wouldn't keep looking for it if they already found it.
      June 20, 2017 5:33 AM MDT
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  • 44603
    That's an oldie but goodie. I have actually confused people when I asked them that. It's like asking someone "Where did you lose it?"
      June 20, 2017 7:46 AM MDT
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