Idioms are a quick way to get across something you want to say without needing to spend extra syllables to say it. Unfortunately, we don't give these sayings as much thought as we probably should. Sometimes they'll end up being complete nonsense, unfit for the situation we're in. Other times their meanings are outdated, referencing a time when cheaters definitely didn't prosper.
One look around the globe and, yeah, no, that's not the case anymore. Some of these common expressions are total BS.
Reddit user, u/bewildered_forks, wanted to hear what we should avoid saying when they asked:
What common sayings are total BS?
Let's Get This Silly One Out Of The Way
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Money don't buy you happiness.
Neither does poverty mate!
I mean, the only reasons I've been unhappy or stressed lately is because of a lack of money. I'd be very happy and carefree if I had a lot of money
How About, "Happy Both Of You?"
"Happy wife, happy life."
The fact is, every relationship will have disagreements and arguments. You're going to upset each other sometimes and that's good and healthy, so long as it's within reasonable limits. You need to be prepared to argue back against your spouse even if it might upset them.
Too much conflict-avoidance or prevarication will result in one spouse getting bossed around and secretly resenting it while the other does whatever they want. It can also lead to a loss of mutual respect.
Maybe Pay Them More?
Our essential or frontline workers are heroes.
(Yet no combat pay. Just a cute sign in front of a building)
Perfectionism Sucks
Anything worth doing is worth doing well.
This can be true, but the inference that 'doing anything poorly is not worth doing at all' is complete baloney. I prefer 'anything worth doing is worth doing poorly'. If it's best to work out for 30 minutes but I only have a few minutes, its better to do a few minutes than none. If it's best to drink 8 glasses of water a day, it's still better to drink 3 or even 1 rather than none.
Perfectionism sucks, and it's hard to get around.
Get On That Search
"Don't look for love. Let love find you."
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B-tch please. If I have to sh-t the toilet doesn't come to me. I have to go to the toilet.
You Don't Always Have To Listen
"Good things come to those that wait"
Bullsh-t! You have to grab the bull by the horns I say!
This one is true though it's just not universal. There are times when it's better to be patient and times when it's better to actively pursue goals.
If you work a job you love, you'll never work a day in your life.
Turning your passion into a career often means you just lose that passion
Know Where To Draw The Line
"kids will be kids" in regards to any problems related to kids.
"Boys will be boys" definitely applies more to me and my friends hitting each other with empty soda bottles shirtless, than it does to someone harassing or harming someone else. Dumb-ss versus just an a-- kind of distinction
No One To Come Get You And Calm You Down
"Slept like a baby."
Pissed the bed twice and woke up screaming.
A Small Tweak To Your Dreams
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"Just follow your dreams"....I feel like people hear this and use it as an excuse to do whatever they want and expect things to happen.
It should really be, "Follow what you're passionate about but set realistic goals and expectations."
And Sometimes, They Never Come Back
That someday that someone who left you will realise your worth and regret it
People tend to say this a lot if a friend is going through a break up or something similar. Or some people will even try to "make" someone regret leaving them or make them "realise what they lost" being bitter and trying to show off or throw shade on social media. While they MIGHT regret it some day you will likely never know this.
Sometimes you have to come to terms with the fact that they never will regret what they did or realise your worth. Or that they knew but they don't care and just wanted to take advantage of you. And the day you won't mind about if they will, you'll know that it doesn't even matter anymore if you find someone who really appreciates your worth or appreciate yourself and know your value doesn't decrease just because someone else can't see it or don't care.
And that everyone finds "the one" some day. Some people don't. And there's nothing wrong with that. Some people are perfectly fine and happy with themselves
Yet Still, It Happened. You Can Get Angry About It Happening.
"Everything happens for a reason" Or "God did this for a reason"
Anything along those lines
Not Everyone Knows Everything At Every Time
'That's common sense.'
Yeah, maybe to you, but I've never been told [insert x fact here] before.
(Sometimes this saying is used to give weight to someone's opinion, under the guise of being a well-known fact.)
This Is Definitely One Of Those, "We Learn From Hindsight," Ones
Hard work never killed anyone.
Hundreds of people die from hard work (i.e. heart attack shoveling snow, electrocution from trying to fix something, etc)
Don't Do It Wrong. Figure It Out Until You Get It Right.
"If you don't succeed the first time, try try again".
I had a fourth grade teacher that was COMPLETELY against this saying. Her reasoning? What if you're doing it wrong? Then you'll just continue to do it wrong until you give up out of frustration. So, she preferred to say "Keep trying different ways until you get it right".
Seems Like The Very Opposite Of This Happens Way More
Cheaters never prosper.
too many people prosper because they cheat
Have Those Compliments Locked And Loaded
"Flattery will get you nowhere!"
The opposite is more true in my experience
Absolutely. You can get a lot using flattery.
Good Luck Being On The Phone For 2 Hours
Cancel anytime
Someone has a gym membership!
A Quick Look On The Internet Reveals: No. No We're Not.
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We're all in this together
... during these unprecedented times!
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I can't definitively say I've come face to face with the spirits. But I have had some unsettling feelings in the dark. Shadows are just shadows sometimes, but who can be sure.
I hear it...
Nbc Wings GIF by HULUGiphy"I was helping my dad clean my grandma's house after she passed and I went in and was trying to find a song in my phone and before I could I heard a cough plain as day come from down the hallway where her room was. She died of lung and throat cancer it was pretty crazy."
Running Past...
"When I was 5 I remember getting home from my grandpa's birthday party. For context my mom was pregnant with my brother at the time, so my parents had already bought his crib. I woke up in the middle of the night to find a women in a white dress and long black hair standing over my brother's crib. I managed to wake up my dad so he could take me to the bathroom. When I got back it was still there. It was only until morning when it disappeared. Every now and then I see a glance of what I assume is that thing running past the backyard."
The Cat
"My best friend and his wife had moved to a new apartment. I came over to visit a few times, and each time I'd see the motion of a cat in my peripheral vision. Not the image of a cat, but a sense of how a cat moves. Anyway, one day I finally cracked some joke about the ghost cat in the place and his wife was instantly saying "See! See! I told you we had a ghost cat!"
"excuse me"
"I worked graveyard shift in a dementia ward for 4 years and it was anything but quiet. I was working with a nurse one night when we both heard a resident say "excuse me." We looked around and no-one was there. I checked on the resident in question and she was fast asleep in her own room. Many of us also experienced someone whistling in the ward late at night and one nurse even managed to catch a video of it happening. It was unnerving to say the least."
Clueless
Skeleton GIFGiphy"I once saw someone short walk by me in my house. They walked into the laundry room which only has one way in. I walked into it behind them and they where gone. I thought it was my little brother but I went to his room and he was asleep. I still have no clue what that was."
- ImBolio
Now was everyone here positive they were sober? Just asking. Those are certainly spooky moments. I'd like some video footage please. Continue...
Reflections
ghost library GIFGiphy"I was up at 3am when I was maybe 7 or 8. I looked out the window and saw a woman in a white dress run across my yard. I could see through her. She was transparent like the reflections on the window."
"you alright?"
"So, my work place is haunted. I was having a really crap day, and as a cleaner, it's normal that me and my co worker will be the only ones left at night. So I was standing on the second floor, leaning on the banister for the stair case, when I heard this male voice say in my ear "you alright?" Clear as day. I turned around so fast and nobody was there and it scared the hell out of me."
- Rex-the-
Watching Me
"I remember as a young kid I usually use to sit in my bed and watch tv with my room door open while the adjacent guest bedroom next to mine would always have the door shut. I always remember seeing that door fully open and close by itself multiple times a day very slowly and gently. Never really bothered me much now that I think about it… but there were other creepier experiences I had in the same house that made me feel uncomfortable like I was being watched."
Betsy
"I went to the Betsy Ross House as a really little kid in the early 90s. Normal house but I was confused why the tour guide never talked about the woman on the chair crying at the edge of the bed in Betsy Ross's bedroom. So I asked about it. No one else saw the woman at the edge of the bed. I figured it was just a wax museum since there was a wax statue of a man in uniform rolling bullets in the basement."
"Years later, I was looking at haunted Philadelphia tours to go on with a friend and the Betsy Ross House was on it. I was like "woah! I was there!" and looked into it some more. Turns out there is a woman at the end of the bed crying and a uniformed man in the basement that people have reported seeing. There is no way that 8 year old me would have known about either of these things."
hello kitty...
hello kitty lol GIF by Animation Domination High-DefGiphy"I had this hello kitty Balloon In my bed room, it had a string and weight on it. So it was late, I had the lights on just Sitting on my bed. The Balloon turns, faces my door, slowly floats into my hallway and turns and floats into my sister's room. To this day I am scared of balloons."
They are among us and they like Hello Kitty. I'm probably rattling the paranormal cages and they'll come for me next, but I'm ready. I feel like this thread has prepared me.
Boo!
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