What English expression do you hate the most?

[Drago]

Never did manage to get a Black Lab to flush properly - they tend to get stuck

Ah, dogs should be left out for the dustmen.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Ah, dogs should be left out for the dustmen.

One of the perks of the job

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Ah, dogs should be left out for the dustmen.

Mine used to love the dustmen - barked like mad but it was her welcome bark
not that they would have trusted it - she did sound impressively large and aggressive even though she was a small wimp!

The postman - that was different
once I was at home for some reason and a newspaper was in the post
I noticed him push the paper in a few inches so she grabbed it - then smack his end hard so it hit her in the mouth
Fair enough
personally I think letter boxes at ground level are stupid -and dogs are only one of the reasons

 

[Gwylan]

Never did manage to get a Black Lab to flush properly - they tend to get stuck

Or "going to a farm in Wales" or a "farm in Carmarthen" if it was in Wales

 

[Gwylan]

Mine used to love the dustmen - barked like mad but it was her welcome bark
not that they would have trusted it - she did sound impressively large and aggressive even though she was a small wimp!

The postman - that was different
once I was at home for some reason and a newspaper was in the post
I noticed him push the paper in a few inches so she grabbed it - then smack his end hard so it hit her in the mouth
Fair enough
personally I think letter boxes at ground level are stupid -and dogs are only one of the reasons

We had a Labrador, from a rescue, who hated milk floats and milk men. Tells how long ago it was.
Rest of the time he was totally harmless.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Not so much an expression but an insult.

I hate the term "Gammon" used as an insult.

Being Jewish I find it slightly distasteful, but could live with that alone - the world doesn't revolve around me and mine.

Direct an insult at anyone else based on their appearance and you'd be accused of being an "ist" of some kind, and rightly so, and this is really no different.

And on top of all that it simply playground level juvenile name-calling. The type that trot it out think they're clever and cackle along with their narrow minded friends, when all they're doing is celebrating puerlie behaviour that they themselves would condemn in any other context.

It makes my skin crawl.

I feel much the same about "Incel".

 

[grldtnr]

There are ways and means, but I'll not publish as it may cause offence, let's face it a lovable derpy Black Lab, someone might be outraged at the suggestion of such.

 

[DaveReading]

Or "going to a farm in Wales" or a "farm in Carmarthen" if it was in Wales

Entirely appropriate if they've gone west.

 

[Asa Post]

" I can't wait"

Seemingly now a standard comment on anything desirable that will happen sometime in the future. Generally said about an event that has a fixed time and date and cannot be moved, so waiting is the only option available. Often used by media idiots, who can be ignored, but also increasingly by people whose intelligence I usually admire, which makes me want to scream.

There are plenty of sensible ways of expressing the same thought. I suggest "I wish I didn't have to wait", or " I'm really looking forward to it", but they take longer to say and to write, and these days brevity triumphs over accuracy.

 

[Dadam]

" I can't wait"
...
and these days brevity triumphs over accuracy.

These days? I'm 55 and I used that as a small child.

 

[Drago]

I feel much the same about "Incel".

That always sounds to me like a battery.

 

[Andy in Germany]

" I can't wait"

Seemingly now a standard comment on anything desirable that will happen sometime in the future. Generally said about an event that has a fixed time and date and cannot be moved, so waiting is the only option available.

I remember expressing this idea to adults when I was about ten.

I was that sort of child...

 

[Dogtrousers]

" I can't wait"

Seemingly now a standard comment on anything desirable that will happen sometime in the future. Generally said about an event that has a fixed time and date and cannot be moved, so waiting is the only option available. Often used by media idiots, who can be ignored, but also increasingly by people whose intelligence I usually admire, which makes me want to scream.

There are plenty of sensible ways of expressing the same thought. I suggest "I wish I didn't have to wait", or " I'm really looking forward to it", but they take longer to say and to write, and these days brevity triumphs over accuracy.

Often used sarcastically as in. "Whoop di doo. I can't wait "

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I feel much the same about "Incel".

Wasn’t that self referencing rather than a third party calling them that?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Wasn’t that self referencing rather than a third party calling them that?

Originally it was, yes, but since then the actions of a few people have been used by some to use it as an insult, and a way to stop people who disagree with them from speaking.