cliches and common sense

you know what's annoying? cliches. you know what's even more annoying? BUTCHERED cliches!

bored? of course. that's why you're here. have a mini lesson:

COMMONLY MISTAKEN CLICHES

1) "in this day in age"
what is a day in age? nonsense, that's what it is. the expression is "in this day AND age." because honestly, that's common sense.

2) "worse comes to worse"
worse comes to worse? what does that even mean? the most logical thing to say would be "if worse comes to WORST." like, things are bad (worse)... but they could be even MORE bad (worst). you dig? apparently the original idiom was "worst comes to worst" but obviously, "worse comes to worst" makes the most sense. "worse comes to worse" is just stupid.

3) play it by year
yeah it's play it by ear. i don't care enough to explain this one.

okay that's it for now.
toodles,
KL