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Originally Posted by Neapolitan
Phrases that bother me are the ones that are illogical statements, or mixed metaphors the ones that make me waste timing trying to figure out what the heck the person is trying tp say.
"Noone" It's actually "no one." Writing it without the space makes it look look like Olde English for "noon."
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Actually, to be really pedantic (something in which I shine) it's no-one. You have to put in the hyphen. It's not one word, unless you're speaking of a choice as in, "no one contestant was better than the other". However I do agree that noone is nothing more than a surname, as far as I know.
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From the gecko. It's "from the get-go." I'm sure a tiny lizard isn't starting trouble eg "I didn't like him from the gecko."
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Meh, could be this guy!
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Other mixed metaphors that I could care very little about:- We could stand here and talk until the cows turn blue.
- You could have knocked me over with a fender.
- He was watching me like I was a hawk.
- I’ll get it by hook or ladder.
- He’s a wolf in cheap clothing.
- They’re diabolically opposed.
- He received a decease and desist order.
- I wouldn’t eat that with a ten-foot pole.
- Take a flying hike.
- I shot the wind out of his saddle.
- He’s not the one with his ass in a noose.
- A loose tongue spoils the broth.
- It’s all moth-eared.
- I can read him like the back of my book.
- From now on, I’m watching everything you do with a fine-tuned comb.
- It’s as easy as falling off a piece of cake.
- He’s like a duck out of water.
- These hemorrhoids are a real pain in the neck.
- It’s time to grab the bull by the tail and look him in the eye.
- I wouldn’t be caught dead there with a ten-foot pole.
- I hope he gets his curve ball straightened out.
- It’s time to step up to the plate and lay your cards on the table.
- He’s burning the midnight oil from both ends.
- You can’t change the spots on an old dog.
- It sticks out like a sore throat.
- It’s like looking for a needle in a hayride.
- People are dying like hotcakes.
- He’s a little green behind the ears.
- You can’t go in there cold turkey with egg on your face.
- We have to get all our ducks on the same page.
- The fan is gonna hit the roof.
- I have a lot of black sheep in my closet.
- I'm sweating like a bullet.
- She’s suffering from a detached rectum.
- People who live in glass houses shouldn't gather moss.
- Don't get all of your eggs out of two bushes.
- It's as American as killing two birds with one apple pie.
- Right there on the tip of my brain.
- A leopard can't change his stripes.
- A stitch in time is worth a pound of cure.
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Oh admit it: you made all of those up, didn't you? People could NOT be so stupid. Unless you can show me at least one example where even one of those was used in a real context, I'm going to have to assume you're being super-ironic (don't you also hate it when people prefix the word "super" to things? Like, it really super-annoys me...!)
