# Phrases/sayings you hate/like **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 6, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-sayings-you-hate-like/448225 "2008-05-06T00:54:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-sayings-you-hate-like/448225/141 "2008-07-23T12:23:54Z")
[QUOTE=wheresgeorge04] The next time I get a note from my boss saying that “This thing needs fixed and the other thing needs cleaned,” instead of “This thing needs **to be** fixed and the other thing needs **to be** cleaned,” I’m gonna snap… Joe [/QUOTE] I think that irritating speech format originated somewhere in the east. It’s a very concentrated area that uses it. Like Rhode Island or something. Drives me crazy! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-sayings-you-hate-like/448225/142 "2008-07-23T12:28:00Z")
[QUOTE=Peanuthead] _ **“At the end of the day”** _ makes me cringe. Sometimes I play a little game with myself while watching news,commentary, interviews, etc. on television. I try to guess how far into the program before the first _“at the end of the day”_ is uttered. [/QUOTE] I have a co-worker who uses this in conjunction with “we’ll circle back” in every conversation I’ve ever had with him. I’ve figured out that “circle back” means he’s not going to pursue anything mentioned in the conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-sayings-you-hate-like/448225/143 "2008-07-23T12:41:33Z")
I have developed a dislike for a certain phrase a co-worker uses whenever she brings a large pile of work for me to do. Co-worker (dumping large festering pile on my desk): “Here you go, Dr. Jackmannii!” The phrase never varies. I was at a Cincinnati Reds game on Sunday, and every time the Reds did something remotely positive (a base hit, a fielder catching a fly ball hit by the opposing batter etc.) the Reds fan sitting next to me said “_There_ you go!” Every time. After awhile this kind of repetition makes my skin crawl. Unreasonable? Perhaps. But there you go. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-sayings-you-hate-like/448225/144 "2008-07-23T12:54:52Z")
Can you borrow me a fiver/tenner or whatever They really mean “Will you loan me a fiver” ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-sayings-you-hate-like/448225/145 "2008-07-23T13:15:54Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] … Getting on topic, I am reliably vexed by persons exhorting other persons to “give 110 percent.” Hearing that phrase causes me to have to sit on my hands lest I strangle the utterer. [/QUOTE] Yes! It’s very annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-sayings-you-hate-like/448225/146 "2008-07-23T15:00:25Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Can you borrow me a fiver/tenner or whatever They really mean “Will you loan me a fiver” [/QUOTE] Actually, now that you mention it, I kind of dislike “fiver” and “tenner.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Vihaga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Vihaga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vihaga)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-sayings-you-hate-like/448225/147 "2008-07-23T15:09:57Z")
Other than the “UR” thing, I don’t mind most of these. Some of my favorites: “Colder than a witch’s tit in a brass cup in January” and “Hotter than the hubs of Hell” I have noticed that it can be risky to use annoying phrases ironically. I’ve started out using phrases like “think outside the box” to make fun of them, and then caught myself using them more and more often. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-sayings-you-hate-like/448225/148 "2008-07-23T15:46:44Z")
I have an acquaintance with whom I sometimes have to do some organizational work for a group we belong to. She drops off information at my place, or I pick it up. She always says, “I’ll swing by and get it,” or “Can you swing by and pick it up?” She’s said “swing by” sometimes three times in one breath. I’ve told her I’m not much of a swinger but she doesn’t get it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-sayings-you-hate-like/448225.md?page=7)