"Wait...that phrase didn't make any sense!"

[Sassafrass]

Just a few minutes ago, I was pow-wowing with someone over PMs and the person I was chatting to said they were 'as right as rain.' in response to my subtle question of how they were today. Now bear with me, some of you may get lost here.

Now, as good a bit of news that is to hear when chatting to friends, we both quickly noticed that the phrase itself made very little sense. I mean, rain isn't really a nice thing and it tends to arrive with dark clouds and just tends to make us all miserable, like a llama that's just driven over a cliff in your car.[footnote]Admit it, it does make a great mental image. Also, not my mental image but another one a user gave me, which I am borrowing without their permission.[/footnote]

An image of rain there. Doesn't look good, does it?​

So, to bring me to the point of what I'm sure will be a thread that widely gets acknowledged as my worst thread idea ever.[footnote]Well...at least until I do a repeat thread.[/footnote]

What phrases have you heard that, when thought about a little bit, hardly make sense?

 

[grimsprice]

"the cats tuxedo"

What the fuck does that even mean???

 

[Marter]

"It is what it is"

Biggest cop-out ever.

 

[Scobie]

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[Trivun]

I like the rain, I love thunderstorms and I like it when it's absolutely pissing it down. Heavy rain is awesome .

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Yeah, I got nothin'...

 

[Czargent Sane]

"what the hell are you? get out of my house!"
I keep hearing that one.

 

[eggy32]

"the cats tuxedo"

What the fuck does that even mean???

This is the first time I've heard this but a cat would look damn good in a tux.

Two phrases that make no sense to me are "The bees knees." (Do bees even have knees? And if they do, what's so good about them?) and "The dog's bollocks." Seriously, why would you use that second one in particular to describe something good? It's just an unpleasant image.

 

[Czargent Sane]

I like it when it's absolutely pissing it down. .

well, thanks for that image. I USED to like rain.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

"the bee's knees"

Wait... What?

 

[Irridium]

"I could care less"

That in itself isn't hard to understand, but when people say it about stuff that they don't care about in any way, it confuses me. I think they mean to say that they couldn't care less.

"I could care less" sounds more like a compliment, albeit a backhanded compliment, but a compliment nonetheless.

 

[bloodknight13]

Mind your p's and q's i dislike both of these letters so why should i mind them

 

[GnomeThief]

"Bought the farm"

I think it refers to someone who's just been killed, but how does getting killed have anything to do with buying a farm?

 

[eggy32]

Speaking of death, what does kicking the bucket have to do with dieing?

 

[Enigma6667]

"The story leaves you emotionally satisfied like fucking a burning dolphin."
~Yahtzee reviewing Silent Hill 2.

I actually tried that because of that analogy...it did not end well...

 

[Stone Wera]

"Puppy love."

Sorry, not into bestiality.

 

[somedarnguy]

"The dog's bollocks." Seriously, why would you use that second one in particular to describe something good? It's just an unpleasant image.

Going by how much time dogs spend licking their bollocks, how can they be anything but good?

 

[Sassafrass]

I like the rain, I love thunderstorms and I like it when it's absolutely pissing it down. Heavy rain is awesome .

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Yeah, I got nothin'...

Yeah but seeing as you live in good ol' Blighty, you've got to get used to it really. It tends to rain a lot when we aren't going through sudden heat waves.

Doesn't it kinda depend on whether or not you like rain? I quite like it, as long as I'm inside. And it waters crops and fills rivers and stuff. Pretty good stuff, rain. I'm pretty sure without it we'd all be dead, and I tend to give things that keep me alive a bit of slack.

Also, a llama driving over a cliff in my car would just be confusing. I don't even own a car.

Hmm. You make a good point there.
I didn't factor in those people that actually like the rain. But that's probably because I live in Britain and all we do is ***** about it constantly. Anyway, as a counter argument to the 'rain is good' statement and to make my OP valid again, rain also causes the odd flood from time to time. ...That's all I've got on that.

 

[eggy32]

"The dog's bollocks." Seriously, why would you use that second one in particular to describe something good? It's just an unpleasant image.

Going by how much time dogs spend licking their bollocks, how can they be anything but good?

They may be good for a dog but when that phrase comes out of a human's mouth, it just confuses me. It's like saying you like dog testicles.