Phrases which I don’t understand (and which give me the rage)

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‘She was murdered in broad daylight’.
What is ‘broad daylight’? Is it worse than being killed in the middle of the night?

’He was found lying in a pool of his own blood’. Well, he’s not likely to have been found in a pool of someone else’s blood, is he?

Perhaps my perimenopausal diminishing hormones are taking over but phrases like this give me the rage. Any other examples?

3am in the morning. 😱

Ride or die

I have absolutely no idea what this means

When people say silver bullet when they mean magic bullet

a silver bullet is for killing werewolves. Magic bullet is the miracle fix

When celebrities die from a drug overdose and it’s reported that they choked on their own vomit - well, who else’s vomit would they choke on?

I can help here. Did you ever watch Happy Days with Henry Winkler as 'the Fonze'?

In one of the last episodes he jumped over a shark while water skiing. It was widely regarded as too ridiculous or far fetched and some felt that it spoiled the end of the show. So now if something has 'jumped the shark' , it has basically gone too far.

In that specific situation, the bullet dodged is that she is no longer with the feckless guy who had already caused her upset / harm.

It makes sense.

I live in Australia, and it is ‘on the weekend’ here. They are taught this in school.

I found it strange to start with, but now I think it makes more sense. We wouldn’t say ‘what did you do at Saturday’, for example. I now say ‘on’ without thinking about it - I’m aware I might be harshly judged when I say it on my visits back home though!

I loathe when people abbreviate or shorten phrases but cut out the most relevant word, instead uttering a totally meaningless phrase. Examples - I'm peri. If it's so hard to use the word perimenopausal why not leave out the peri and just say menopausal? Similarly I've heard Americans say I had 'post partum' leaving out the 'depression' word which is the most meaningful. The most common one that gives me the rage is when people say 'i posted it on my socials' leaving out 'media'. Bloody nonsense!

I really don’t understand some of these posts.

It’s the English language. It’s how it’s used.

First of all, I wonder how many times you’ve genuinely seen this reported as it’s pretty crude reporting and unlikely to be used by reputable sources.

The phrase itself (similar to ‘own blood’) is to bring emphasis to the situation. ‘He choked on vomit’ could mean someone else’s; ‘he choked on his vomit’ lacks focus. The ‘his own’ element colours in the scene to say, in this dramatic situation, his unfortunate death happened when he died by choking on his own vomit. It brings attention & clarity.

Oh! Thank you! I always thought it meant someone who was sweet and lovely, and those people are generally warm lol

I think it means hearing no information means all is going to plan, as we only hear about it when things go wrong.

The opposite of narrow daylight?

I don’t agree about socials; that’s evolved and is commonly used with clear meaning.

I do agree about ‘peri’ & especially ‘postpartum’ as meaning is lost.

especially noting it in the Lindsay Clancy trial atm 😔

No, you are wrong. It's "another thing coming"

Scapegoat did originally mean the goat that escaped (was allowed to escape), carrying away the sins of the community.

But she’s connected to him for 18 years via a child absolutely not a bullet dodged 🤣 she will be left dealing with him for the next 2 decades what bullet is that dodging 😌

It also means not worrying before you have to - ‘no news is good news’ ie until we hear otherwise we can hope for the best.

‘For the purchasing of rights’

Yes but she’s not still with him which would be infinitely worse.

Not a great situation but one particular bullet is dodged.

It’s not that deep, as my teens like to say.

The normal way of asking for something in Scotland.

It’s really not 🤦🏻‍♀️

Apparently its another think coming and is part of a longer phrase. For example 'if she thinks she is going to that concert she has another think coming'

Its 'think'. Thing makes no sense at all.

It means you thought of something, but your thought was wrong, so you must think again. You wouldn't thing again!

No it's definitely thing.

I feel the same about people saying ‘I’m on maternity’ when they are on maternity leave.