Common sayings which don't make sense

[nevernotstruggling]

Dd1 (11) has just said 'mummy you know how you don't like it when people say ATM machine??? Because the M is for machine?? Well what about baby chick? Chick is the baby version of chicken so you are just saying oh look a baby baby!'

She's right. Any more like this?

CCTV - Closed circuit television vision (I know not everyone agrees with this one - don't all pile on!)

3am in the morning - yes, AM literally means "in the morning"

PIN number

PIN Number = Personal Identification Number Number

ISA Account = Idividual Savings Account Account

I used to work in a bak and it would drive me bananas

Not acronyms some expressions....
"Sleeping like a baby" makes no sense because babies generally not great at sleeping for extended periods of time.

And my DC love telling me that "sweating like a pig" makes no sense because pigs dont have sweat glands...

Have your cake and eat it too

The phrase is actually, eat your cake and have it too

I think mindhunter taught me that

Actually after googling I stand corrected. It was the unabomber, and both phrases are correct. Should have googled first!

PAT test. Meaning, portable appliance test test.

All-time record
Circulate around
Close proximity
Each and every person
Exact same
Foreign imports
Free gift (by definition, a gift is free)
General public

Keep them coming dd1 the super need will love these!

Cat nap always irrationally bugs me as it implies a short nap when in fact cats 'nap' for hours.

You’ve got two choices
No - you’ve got a choice between two things

"It's always in the last place you look". Well of course it is, if you've lost something, you're hardly going to keep looking for it when you've found it, are you?

Wouldn't say boo to a goose as a way to describe someone as timid.

I wouldn't want to say boo to a goose they are viscious!

Personally speaking - there’s no other way to speak!!

@FourTurnings

You’ve got two choices No - you’ve got a choice between two things

Argh yes! You have one choice; two OPTIONS!

She's very excited about this list 😂

A guy DH works with always says to him, "can I ask you a question?" And it really winds DH up (he is normally v laid back) because that was a question (so therefore hes asking 2 questions!)

It's always darkest just before the dawn. Erm, no, that's not quiiiite how the Sun works.

Continue on

Continue means to go on, therefore continue on is a tautology and sounds ridiculous!

There's no smoke without fire. Apparently, this means that if somebody looks 'a bit shifty' or has had any accusation levelled at them, this is scientific proof of their guilt and there's no need whatsoever to waste money on judicial process.

@ElephantCup

Have your cake and eat it too

The phrase is actually, eat your cake and have it too

I think mindhunter taught me that

That does make sense though? You can’t have (retain) your cake and eat it - once you’ve eaten it, you have no cake. IE you can’t have everything/incompatible things.

One I've always hated is..
"At the end of the day.."

I’ve never liked ‘same difference’ - I get what it’s trying to say but it sounds all wrong

"it's always the last place you find it"

well, just what idiot would keep checking more places AFTER they found it???

Young girl.

By definition, a girl is young. It is always used to describe a young woman.

And I've never heard anyone described as a "young boy".