Classic Sayings That Are Kind Of Wrong

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Eric Lund
Feb 1, 2021 2:00 PM EST

Maybe we need to modernize our list of idioms, because a lot of them seem to be wishful thinking. Between the many contradictory sayings, the ones that can't stand to scrutiny, and the ones that are flat-out wrong, it seems like we're ready for an update. Some popular sayings are just kind of BS. And for others, the full versions of those classic sayings totally change their meaning.

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    Font - CallHimIshmael 2 days ago O 2 23 & 2 More "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."
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    Smile - MissKim01 2 days ago "Slept like a baby." 16.7k Reply Share Report Save TinyLuckDragon 2 days ago 3 & 7 More Pissed the bed twice and woke up screaming.
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    Eye - TemmieMew 2 days ago Calling sheep quiet. Sheep are lound af
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    Smile - -EDGAR- 2 days ago 2 E "Flattery will get you nowhere!" The opposite is more true in my experience
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    Font - Smile-Fearless 2 days ago · edited 1 day ago 4 & 4 More "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".
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    Footwear - htid1483 2 days ago S 3 3 Money don't buy you happiness. Neither does poverty mate!
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    Font - Kinkybenny 2 days ago 2 "Good things come to those that wait" Bullshit! You have to grab the bull by the horns I say!
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    Font - hawkeyepitts 2 days ago 2 3 8 2 If you work a job you love, you'll never work a day in your life. 10.0k + I Reply Share Report Save sneakthief13 2 days ago Turning your passion into a career often means you just lose that passion
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    Rectangle - Limp_Distribution 2 days ago W O 4 S 2 Cancel anytime
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    Font - kwan-yi 2 days ago 23 23 3 2 8 2 We're all in this together 35.2k , Reply Share Report Save O coolninjabear 2 days ago e ... during these unprecedented times!
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    Font - obi-jawn-kenobi 2 days ago Plenty of common sayings are absolute horseshit or and just not universally applied truths. Plenty of them we consider true are also directly opposite of other sayings that are true. Does absence make the heart grow fonder? Or is something out of sight out of mind?
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    Font - llcucf80 2 days ago The customer is always right. ↑ 2.8k + , Reply Share Report Save Wombat_Nudes 2 days ago The rest of the saying gets left out. "The customer is always right in matters of taste." Go to a restaurant and order a 50 dollar steak, well done to the point its charcoal. That's what you want. That's what you are paying for. Therefore that's what you get. Even if it absolutely kills the chef to make it. Store policy on returns or refunds however...
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    Font - ShmootheJoo 2 days ago "You can't judge a book by it's cover." Yes. Yes you can. A book entitled "The Basics of Quantum Physics" is probably about the basics of quantum physics.
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    Smile - front_yard_duck_dad 2 days ago S "it will figure it self out" people used to say just have kids it will all figure itself out... No no it won't you potato
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    Font - cypherpvnk 2 days ago Live in the moment. I don't think it's that simple. You can't just leave it like that. I think it's good to live in the moment when you're enjoying life and making memories, but when you work on building your file/a career, you're better off planning ahead.
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    Font - batgrub 2 days ago "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Words have damaged me more than any physical pain ever has. Like, who came up with this???
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    Font - Likesdadjokes 2 days ago "early bird gets the worm" No, the well rested salesmen that isn't over worked get's the sale because he's able to organize. Thus the "second mouse gets the cheese".
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    Smile - WannaBeChuckNorris 2 days ago 3 E I hate the saying “it's always the last place you look" WELL NO SHIT BECAUSE YOU ARENT GONNA KEEP LOOKING AFTER YOU'VE FOUND IT
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    Font - November_15th 2 days ago Respect your elders. The older crowd always told me “respect is earned not given", you don't automatically get respect because you're an elder.
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    Font - tookytii 2 days ago Pull yourself up by your bootstraps. The original meaning was that something was as impossible as trying to pull yourself up by your own boot straps, but it's been perverted into a mantra for so- called individual responsibility.
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    Font - always_Bubbles 2 days ago "Blood is thicker than water" In my experience only abusive parents say this to their kids to guilt them into allowing further abuse or isolation from others. Most people don't even know the entire saying is "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb" this means the ones we would shed our blood for, the ones we choose are the most important. I feel the same way about when people say "you can't choose your family" You absolutely can choose yo
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    Font - Spinrod 2 days ago 2 he who smelt it dealt it 1 319 , Reply Share Report Save The3leggedman69 2 days ago "Whoever did the rhyme did the crime" is more realistic
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