The worst phrase/saying?

I think it's got to be "I love x more than life itself". I always cringe when I hear this, who actually loves life itself? What a load of old tripe.

What gets your vote?
21:33 Wed 18th Apr 2012
 
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what's "pushing the envelope" all about?
If I'm honest......
I can't stand seeing 'for free' on official notes, there is one in the nationwide building society, it's just not good grammar.
'What you see is what you get' I don't get it
Pushing the envelope comes from the space programme. Google it...
Why is it when a big bloke dies he was always 'A gentle giant'? Don't be lazy, think of your own description.
Alexander Armstrong on Pointless saying Less people instead of Fewer people, yes, I know it's nit picking but he always seems a cut above the usual game show host!

I always hate being asked to "fill out" forms, we used to fill them in.

Idiots who end a comment with End of!, I always ask them End of what?, their confused little faces are a delight.
'Everybody's favourite' when I can't stand whoever they're talking about!
"Charity begins at home".
"At this moment in time"......does my head in
People who are 'on a journey'....been 'on a journey'......unless you have bags and baggage, you are not 'on a journey'.
You are experiencing...or have experienced.
Search me.
This will hurt me more than it will hurt you (when chastening a child)
At the end of the day....
and
Nation's sweetheart ... who decided that then? I can't usually stand whoever it may be
"Are you fed up of that"????
when a politician says 'lets be clear about this' you just know that its not going to be...
"It's my passion"
It does what it says on the tin.
"window of opportunity"
I have just read the Ed's April Newsletter and he has made reference to .."You can't have your cake and eat it".

This is a phrase which originated after two Eskimos had been on a fishing trip and, being an extremely cold day, they lit a fire in their canoe. Needless to say the small boat then caught fire and sank.

Hence the original saying was .."You can't have your Kayak and Heat it".:-)

Ron.

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