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Cliche sayings that grind your gears!

127 replies

Mummommy · 11/07/2022 01:43

Am I the only one who finds cliche sayings e.g. Facebook quotes Instagram quotes highly annoying. I feel like a lot of people used them to self soothe but I can’t help but find them extremely annoying especially the super obvious ones.

Some of the many that annoy me are:
I am working on me.
If they don’t accept you at your worst, they don’t deserve you at your best.

What cliche quotes or sayings grind your gears?

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UnimpeachableBravery · 11/07/2022 15:23

Okay, but now I need to know what David Bowie thought about badgers...

MiddleNameJane · 11/07/2022 15:32

Yes to all of these! I also need to add kind of suggestive sayings like "Hairy muff" for "fair enough" , or "That's what she said!"

often said by leery middle-aged blokes at work who fancy themselves as comedians.

Coffeeholix · 11/07/2022 15:36

When people refer to their life in chapters ie. they’re starting a new “chapter”. Since when were our lives a story that anyone else is going to read?

I have to disagree with “It is what it is” though. Sometimes, it really is… what it is.

steviewiththecankles · 11/07/2022 15:53

Also can’t stand ‘my journey’

GriddleScone · 11/07/2022 15:58

Worshipped the ground he/she walked on.
Just doesn't sound like a good thing

Jasmine5552 · 11/07/2022 16:03

'At the end of the day' is one of my least favourite phrases.

WombleOfWimbledon2022 · 11/07/2022 16:06

Humbled 😾

Mummommy · 11/07/2022 16:06

Homewardbound2022 · 11/07/2022 15:12

I love the bones of him - ugh.

Awful.

My mum used to say this to DS, in general she is cringe and weird so I thought she made this up.
Where the hell did the saying come from?! Hate it.

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Sidisawetlettuce · 11/07/2022 16:09

I hate 'comfortable in my own skin' 🤮

KimWexlersPonyTail · 11/07/2022 16:17

Work ones.
Lets take it outside of the meeting. No i dont want to, this is why I called the fucking meeting....

Lets prepone the meeting. As in bring it forward.

ThreeLittleDots · 11/07/2022 16:29

Pro tip

Bereavement cliches - just talk to me normally please. I don't want to hear "... at this sad time"

SquirrelSoShiny · 11/07/2022 17:07

UnimpeachableBravery · 11/07/2022 15:23

Okay, but now I need to know what David Bowie thought about badgers...

😂😂😂

Harridance · 11/07/2022 17:29

Any euphemisms for death

Lunificent · 11/07/2022 17:33

I’m stepping away from all the drama - generally said by drama llamas.
I thought I’d stopped hearing it but Adele said words to the effect in Desert Isalnd Discs.

newrubylane · 11/07/2022 18:41

"you have the same number of hours in a day as Beyonce"

Who decided Beyonce was especially productive?

NippyWoowoo · 11/07/2022 19:21

Mama.

Proud mama.

Tired mama.

You've got this mama!

Harridance · 11/07/2022 19:23

I've never heard beyonces hours mentioned

Neverplayleapfrogwithaunicorn · 11/07/2022 19:28

Swings and roundabouts

Neverplayleapfrogwithaunicorn · 11/07/2022 19:31

I used to work in insurance where we had to make important case by case decisions.

one colleague used to regularly "go a bit caviller on this decision"

it gave me the ick!

underneaththeash · 11/07/2022 19:32

I just delete anyone who posts crap like that!

WhatASmashingBlouseYouHaveOn · 11/07/2022 19:46

KimWexlersPonyTail · 11/07/2022 16:17

Work ones.
Lets take it outside of the meeting. No i dont want to, this is why I called the fucking meeting....

Lets prepone the meeting. As in bring it forward.

Prepone the meeting? No! What fresh hell is that?! 😆

username00 · 11/07/2022 19:48

'You got this'

WhatASmashingBlouseYouHaveOn · 11/07/2022 20:07

This one, whilst referring to someone stood right next to them.

MissingMoominMamma · 19/01/2023 15:36

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 11/07/2022 09:09

To be fair, I think this was said to the Queen after she had given PA twelve million pounds.

Hahahaha!!

MissingMoominMamma · 19/01/2023 15:38

Mummommy · 11/07/2022 16:06

My mum used to say this to DS, in general she is cringe and weird so I thought she made this up.
Where the hell did the saying come from?! Hate it.

‘I love him to death’ said by an elderly relative about my son…