Sometimes I wonder what I could do if I put my mind to one thing rather than all the pointless stuff that floats in there as it is.
Anyway, I wonder why people say “The grass is greener on the other side.” If it is, then we should all go to the other side. Now, if it only “looks” greener on the other side, that’s another story. When I normally hear this though, most people leave out the looks part. And what about people who live in the dessert? What do they say? The sand dune is always less sandy on the other side? Siberians don’t have many options either.
Now, what about people who say “I could care less”. I love telling these people I am glad to know that they still reserve some room for caring less. I COULDN’T care less if these people were to cease being around me to tell me what they do and don’t care about. I could care less about my kids, now that makes sense.
Umm, I think the point of that saying is that no matter where you are, something else always seems better. If you do “go to the other side,” there will be unforeseen drawbacks there that will make where you came from seem better. It’s kind of along the same lines as “Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.”
The saying that bugs me the most is “It goes without saying.” This phrase is invariably followed by the very thing that supposedly did not need saying!
I think that was what moejuck was trying to say, though–that it SEEMS greener, but people say it IS greener. If it really WAS greener, there wouldn’t be those drawbacks on the other side.
Sorry, but the phrase “I could care less” does mean “I don’t care.” It probably is derived from the phrase "I couldn’t care less, " and just got shortened. It’s known as an “idiom.”
I don’t use it, myself, but I don’t get worked up over it, either. Language is constantly evolving, and over time, usage can win out over propriety.
I disagree with you there snake-hip, “I could care less” is simply a mispronounciation (lazy, ignorant or otherwise misuse) of the original idiom “I couldn’t care less”.
If you could care less, you must care some.
Read a good (and humorous) argument in the curmudgeons’ corner here:
Slow and steady wins the race…
-not if fast and steady shows up
similarly,
the race doesn’t always go to the swift nor the battle to the strong.
-yes it does, in fact, that’s how we decide who’s the swift and the strong, races and battles!
I could care less if you people disagree with me BTW
Slow and steady wins the race…
-not if fast and steady shows up
similarly,
the race doesn’t always go to the swift nor the battle to the strong.
-yes it does, in fact, that’s how we decide who’s the swift and the strong, races and battles!
I could care less if you people disagree with me BTW
Gee, I wish you’d though of that before you said to me, “I’m sorry, but…”, and then proceeded to bitchslap me up one side and down the other, a couple weeks ago.
The one that always occurs to me, under these circumstances is “Happy as a clam”. Like you can tell how happy a clam is! Anyone ever heard a clam giggle?
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Any self-serving statement followed by “but”. Such as, "I have nothing against (pick a minority), but…, it’s none of my business, but… If the statement can’t stand by itself, then please just stuff a sock in it.
“It’s supposed to be ____”. “It’s supposed to be a cake.” Good god, it was indeed supposed to be a cake! It is in fact some sort of oven fresh antichrist, formed from the unholy combination of unbaked dough and raisins. “It’s supposed to be a picture of a sunset”. Well, I was figuring it was the dried blood of all the people you’ve killed and locked in your freezer, indicating I should alert the police. Thank god you’ve set me straight.
I find that term pretty stupid, I used to say it a lot and realized how stupid it sounds.
“Happy as a clam” is short for “Happy as a clam at high tide.” In other words, surrounded by everything you need. A cleaner version of “happy as a pig in shit.”
Hehe, another opinion about the grass is greener on the other side:
If you say “The grass is greener on the other side”, I see what you’re getting at, and I agree. But a lot of people say “The grass is always greener on the other side”, and that makes sense, because it implies that no matter which side you’re actually on, the other one will have the greener grass.
Anyway, “sleeping like a log”. Yes, I understand that at most times a log is just lying there, but lots of other things are just lying there. Like… say, broken pens, ice skates in the summer, rocks, and so forth.
I bet that at some point in this reply, I typed “glass” and I just can’t find the typo… stares
