Sayings you dont understand
- Thread starter Merkavar
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"i could care less", i get were you and that guy are coming from i never understood what that statement was implying either. but to my understanding, i could care less doesn't necessarily mean that you don't care at all, but could also mean that you don't have much of an opinion on the matter.Kiefer13 said:
my example, i friend asks if you would like to go to chilies for lunch.
you think, "chilies is pretty good but I'm not to hungry" meaning it would be nice to go but you don't feel you really want to go. so you can reply "i could care less."
meaning i care that it would be good food, but you don't care to much because your not hungry.
but for the most part people use that statement to try to show that they do not care at all,
which is incorrect.
hot cakes are pretty much just pancakes (i have no idea who decided to name them differently)Dango said:
pancakes I'm sure you have had so, i would assume most people love pancakes so now knowing what hotcakes are this one should be pretty self explanatory
"It was in the last place I looked"
Well hopefully if you found it, you wouldn't continue looking for it...
I asked and was told it pretty much means 1 bird you have for sure is better than 2 bird you might possibly catch.
Well hopefully if you found it, you wouldn't continue looking for it...
That one confused me as wellVykrel said:
I asked and was told it pretty much means 1 bird you have for sure is better than 2 bird you might possibly catch.
Pie is the easiest meal to make. You just chop up the meat and veg, and pop it between two crusts. Viola!Xealeon said:
The one I don't get is "She's no better than she should be." If you're no better than you should be, then you should be just as good as you should be. However, the implication is that you are less than you should be. Why not just say that?
I'm betting someone else has answered this but I like this comic http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2202#comicMr.PlanetEater said:
I just always think of it like this http://www.explosm.net/comics/2215/Akytalusia said:
Er, I actually think you mean "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." What that means is that having caught 1 bird in your hand, is just as valuable as 2 birds in the bush. Basically, having something of lesser value in your possession is worth more than risking it for something more valuable.
MrTiki said:
to have exceptions you MUST have a rule. otherwise its not an exception, now is it?
ex·cep·tion/ikˈsepSHən/
Noun: A person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule
if something has an exception, then its a rule because everything (besides said exception) follows the rule.
"Welcome to the Escapist (that part I get). Stay out of the Basement"
WHAT IS THE BASEMENT!!? WHY will No-one TELL me!! >:'(
WHAT IS THE BASEMENT!!? WHY will No-one TELL me!! >:'(
MrTiki said:
yes, im just saying that if something has an EXCEPTION then the rest of it is a rule. im not saying that all rules have exceptions.
this saying exist only because of definition of word exception. exception means that one (or few) things dont follow the rule, but that there is one thus proving the rule.
Yeah "I could care less" is often misused.Kiefer13 said:
Originally it showed you don't particularly care, but you could care a lot less then you actually do, thus meaning there is SOME interest involved.
I personally use it as a way of conveying that although I don't really care at the moment, I'd get into a conversation about it if you wanted me to.
"So what do you think of Windows 8?"
"Eh, I could care less..."