Stupidest expressions?

Question

What doyou think is the stupidest expression?

Mine is "You can't have yor cake and eat it too". That is completely retared. If I can't eat the cake, then why the h**l would I want it?

Answer 1

Yeah, I agree.  I can't think of any stupier one than that!

Answer 2

Hi Wang Chun,

The saying has a REAL meaning. Say for instance a married man is having an extra-marital affair and he tells his best buddy about it. His buddy might advise him that he can't have everything he wants or he might say it this way, "You can't have your cake and eat it too." In other words you can't have it both ways. Either divorce or stop being an adulterer.

Does that explain it for you?

Answer 3

'So Bob how'd you sleep last night?'

'Good Joe; I SLEPT LIKE A BABY.'

Ahem, babies don't sleep through the night.  They start screaming and bawling every two hours.  Not good sleep, at all.

Answer 4

You can eat the cake.  That IS the point of having it.  However, once you eat it, you no longer HAVE it.  That's the meaning of the expression.

The actual stupidest expression is "Hold my beer and watch this!"

It's stupid because it is so often the last thing the person saying it ever says.

Answer 5

OMG!!! I heard this one yesterday from my friend:

"God is on ur side, not mine"...wow! its more like she's not on His side, but He's on her side

Answer 6

I heard this one once and i hate it

"Cant get what you want? Then get what you can't" I guess it means try and get it anyways or something i hate it though and its so stupid

Answer 7

the mother of them all is "god never gives you more than you can handle "

Answer 8

The actual expression is "You can't eat your cake and have it, too."  That makes a little more sense.

I don't understand "If you're waiting on me, you're backing up."

ETA: I've always heard it the way you said it,too.  I did some research on it.  Apparently, some movie misquoted in back in 1940's and people have been saying it wrong since.

The original quote was actually  "Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?" by John Heywood, an English dramatist in the 16th century.

Answer 9

Mine is:

"There's a fly in the ointment."

Who the h**l thought of that?