What English expression do you hate the most?

[Dogtrousers]

I sometimes think I should avoid using filler phrases, such as 'to be fair'.

To be honest with you, so do I.

(That was a necessity clarification, because I'm normally dishonest)

 

[Gunk]

This will be a controversial one.

I can’t stand it when “people” are referred to as “folk” or “children” are called “youngsters”

 

[lazybloke]

This will be a controversial one.

I can’t stand it when “people” are referred to as “folk” or “children” are called “youngsters”

I like to annoy people by referring to them as "peeps", unless they're not yet adults; in which case they can be "kids".

It annoys me too, weirdly.

 

[grldtnr]

Yes, me too! Not only that, but also "You are what you are", "We are what we are" and so on.

'Not only , but also ' in my case

 

[grldtnr]

I went to a Grammar school , so I speak proper ,innit tho'
Yes I did attend Southchurch hall grammar, but it was really more of a technical school majoring in the trades , rather than 'learning to talk proper'
Real Estuary English, overlooking the Thames!

 

[Electric_Andy]

I sometimes think I should avoid using filler phrases, such as 'to be fair'.

I'm not gonna lie, I think that too

 

[Conrad_K]

> What English expression do you hate the most?

"Hey! That's my bicycle!"

 

[lazybloke]

"There's another mouse in the house".
One recently went behind the fridge. When i hauled the fridge out, i found a family of THREE mice living in the condensate tray!


Actually, worse than that was my wife returning home to find a live frog in the hall, and the cats being really weird in the dining room; because the rabbit they'd been playing with was now dead behind the curtains.
Stressed wife had to put down our youngest somewhere safe, then deal with live frog, by which time the cats and dead rabbit had mysteriously vanished. Never did work out where it went!

 

[Profpointy]

I went to a Grammar school , so I speak proper ,innit tho'
Yes I did attend Southchurch hall grammar, but it was really more of a technical school majoring in the trades , rather than 'learning to talk proper'
Real Estuary English, overlooking the Thames!

I went to a good school, it was approved