Silly Phrases

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I thought I'd start another topic (just to lighten the mood ).

I've heard this before, and just seen it on Facebook again.
"I've seen it with my own eyes"

Made me laugh.
Then I think, well how exactly do you see things through someone else's eyes 

Any more people can think of?

[#2]

I went to the doc`s last week with my ********   (insert body part, as required) .....

[#3]

"If you fall off that wall and break both your legs, don't come running to me"

[#4]

"Never seen it before in my life!"

Unless you believe in reincarnation then the last three words are pointless.

[#5]

"Well I'll go t't foot of our stairs"

Why?

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[#7]

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beeceegee wrote:

"Well I'll go t't foot of our stairs"

Why?

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It comes from the traumatic childhood memory of being told to go to the bottom step. whennaughty. 

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Aren't a lot of silly phrases a means of emphasis, or expression of surprise?I think they are somewhat also to idiom, in that they do not translate between groups. Just like we say, "raining cats and dogs", whilst Germans call that "Hundewetter".

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I caught a bit of Countdown on C4 yesterday, and Susie Dent (lexicographer) was talking about malaphors (a blend of a malapropism and a metaphor).  Here's a selection: http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/05/malaphors/

[#10]

Yep MS Office, when I try to copy and paste stuff into Excel. I can’t remember the exact phrase but something like “This operation cannot be completed”, with a link to say “Was this information helpful”.

Errm - let me think on that one.

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Alex wrote:

I thought I'd start another topic (just to lighten the mood ).

Any more people can think of?

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Give us time....... and we`ll get there...