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Can you share with us an expression or phrase that seems to not make sense but we use it anyway?

Example: 'Being as how...'. Where did that come from?

Posted - November 9, 2019
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  • 14795
    To many things I could say on this thread ,so for once I'm keeping my mouth shut...:( 
      November 10, 2019 4:47 PM MST
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  • 2836
    "I Don't give a lick" 


      November 10, 2019 4:46 PM MST
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  • LOL!  I have proof to the contrary.
      November 10, 2019 4:49 PM MST
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  • 2836
      November 10, 2019 4:52 PM MST
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  • 14795
    That's a blow beneath the belt ,or maybe it might not be ...   :( 

      November 10, 2019 4:50 PM MST
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  • 2128
    No good deed goes unpunished. Just plain wierd!
      November 10, 2019 4:54 PM MST
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  • 551
    The expression "I have been to...[New York, London, etc]" doesn't make sense, when you think about it, even though it is a perfectly standard construction. There is no present-tense equivalent - you can say "I go to London" or "I am in London" but not "I am to London". It is not possible to "be to" a place.

    I wonder when this form became normal?
      November 22, 2019 2:56 AM MST
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  • 16763
    "I don't give a f**k". I would certainly hope not, I don't want one from the putative giver.
      November 22, 2019 3:11 AM MST
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