What’s a common phrase that sounds completely unhinged if you take it literally?

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What’s a common phrase that sounds completely unhinged if you take it literally?

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  1. sunbearimon Avatar

    “There’s more than one way to skin a cat”

  2. rhubard_otter Avatar

    I’d kill for ____ (taylor swift tickets, a milkshake, insert item)

  3. 2WaterGuns Avatar

    “I beg your pardon” – as in you plead for mercy from a harsh authority.

  4. DavosLostFingers Avatar

    “I’m dead”

    “Break a Leg”

  5. sensitiveboi93 Avatar

    “Let’s circle back”

  6. shortdude72 Avatar

    I’ll be a monkey’s uncle.

  7. AnneChovie264 Avatar

    Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

  8. pow-- Avatar

    Cat got your tongue?

  9. Bento_Fox Avatar

    Kill two birds with one stone

  10. Scriptshub123 Avatar

    “I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it.”
    … bro why are there so many bridges??

  11. theficklemermaid Avatar

    Keep your eyes peeled.

  12. Medical_Run_9839 Avatar

    “Put my foot up your ass” like actually please don’t

  13. DogZealousideal4366 Avatar

    Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

  14. Cold-River5671 Avatar

    Yes, but it’s over

  15. Gaudy_Tripod Avatar

    “It’s raining cats and dogs.”

    It’s. Fucking. What?!

  16. ooOJuicyOoo Avatar

    Jesus fucking Christ

  17. DogZealousideal4366 Avatar

    “Congrats on coming out of the closet finally! After being in there your whole life already.”

  18. Far-Relationship5132 Avatar

    Kill two birds with one stone sounds like a violent hobby, not multitasking

  19. Insurdia Avatar

    Saddle your baskets

  20. SomeJokeTeeth Avatar

    Kill two birds with one stone

  21. Difficult-Offer3833 Avatar

    His head is up his ass…

  22. NightingGryphon Avatar

    Getting under my skin

  23. 2olley Avatar

    Throwing the baby out with the bath water.

  24. Severely_OverLapping Avatar

    “It’s pissing down” 

    (Raining)

  25. GonzoMath Avatar

    “Fuck my life”

  26. deaf_pot Avatar

    Raw-dogging the _____

  27. I_buy_mouses1977 Avatar

    “Sometimes you’ve got to take the bull by the horns.”

    The fuck I do.

  28. Curios-in-Cali Avatar

    Well butter my but and call me a biscuit

  29. pokematic Avatar

    My mom would say “eat bon bons all day.” It wasn’t until many years later did I learn that a bon bon was a chocolate treat (like what you get in a box of fancy chocolates). That’s a lot of chocolate to just sit there eating it all day.

  30. SonuvaGunderson Avatar

    “Eat your heart out.”

  31. GorillaGrip_Pussy Avatar

    Shouting Merde! At someone before they take the stage.

  32. SensibleReply Avatar

    Don’t just stand there with your finger up your ass.

  33. larrySarasota Avatar

    Keep your eyes peeled

  34. EclipseIndustries Avatar

    Colder than a witches tit in a brass bra.

  35. bluesky34 Avatar

    This (blank) is to die for.

  36. Short_Emu_885 Avatar

    Having something stuck in your head… I hope we never meet an alien race that takes everything super literally lol

  37. Beezer_MB Avatar

    “You mother f#cker”

  38. sithmaster297 Avatar

    When I was a kid I used to take a certain phrase from a certain sitcom.

    “You morons just hung vacancy signs on your asses, and my foot’s look’n for a room.”

    “How about I vandalize your ass with my foot.”

    “When I get over there I’ll put my foot so far up your ass your head will spin.”

    “My foot is about to drill a hole in your ass.”

    “Let me lay it all out for you. My foot. Your ass. And one swift kick. Yah get what I’m saying?”

  39. DogZealousideal4366 Avatar

    Oh well , this morning I decided to bite the bullet, hold my horses, and let the cat out of the bag, all while breaking a leg and kicking the bucket. Meanwhile, my grandmother is up to God-knows-what with her finger shoved where the sun doesn’t shine as I’m hoping that spilling the beans wouldn’t rain on my parade or open a can of worms, because you never know when you’ll add fuel to the fire or get cold feet while burning the midnight oil. It might even be raining cats and dogs, and probably small livestock later today. And my brother, the motherfcker, is busy taking a wank with his finger up his arse again.. all while I’m trying to reach out to him. Welp, how was your day?

    Did I make it unhinged enough to your liking or have i went overboard with it? 😉

  40. SlipperyKooter Avatar

    Threw everything but the kitchen sink

  41. Standard_Wait1974 Avatar

    I’m so hungry I could eat a horse

  42. TheGoblinHoard Avatar

    “It gets under your skin…”

  43. NiceToMeetMewTwo Avatar

    Flogging a dead horse

  44. tanhauser_gates_ Avatar

    Keep your eyes peeled.

  45. Sandpaper_Pants Avatar

    It’s raining cats and dogs.

  46. porcelainvacation Avatar

    “Open Kimono” in business lingo. Skin crawling.

  47. Kenintf Avatar

    Make me a sandwich and step on it!

  48. punkhobo Avatar

    I could just eat you up

  49. cupacupacupacupacup Avatar

    He’s in a real pickle

  50. Sea-Echo-7431 Avatar

    Shit just hit the fan.

  51. fairywings789 Avatar

    “Break a leg!”

  52. GWindborn Avatar

    Beating a dead horse

  53. DMAW1990 Avatar

    “Break a leg” always sounds like a threat to me, and I’m in a performing arts industry.

  54. BirdmanLove Avatar

    Screwed the pooch

  55. Never_Ending_Grind Avatar

    Eye for an eye. Why are we trading eyeballs chat?