There are a ton of phrases in the English Language, mostly American English… that really irk me.
Irk is a word that irks me, first and foremost. I much prefer irritate… or even… bug. But never mind all of that.
First phrase.
“Well. We can’t all be perfect.”
Yep. You got that right genius. In fact. None of us can be perfect. That is what makes us so dang human.
Second.
“That is the worst thing.”
For example. Yuk. I just took a big whiff of that carton of milk and it was sour. Geez-O-Pete … that is the worst thing.
Wrong-O, again Mr. Smarty-Pants. There are a lot of things that are much “worse” than the smell of sour milk. I’ll tell you that right now.
Another….
“Oh. I’m just killing time.”
This is perhaps the goofiest one yet. Even if you COULD kill time, why would you want to? Without time… well… you are out of time. And we all knows what that means.
There are a bazillion more. But I won’t bore you tonight.
The one that irks me the most…
“It is what it is.”
And to that, I say….
Are you sure?
There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth. – Maya Angelou
I love the picture of course it is not picture perfect but I was drawn to it by the color and beauty. Here I am sitting on the computer just killing time and it irks me to no end when someone interrupts me. O.K. I’m back It is what it is, but it is NOT the worst thing in the world!! LOL Love it!!
The one that irks me the most is the one that irks you the most. Second to that one is this one “that’s not going to happen”
Sharon… you crack me up!
Well Liz…. that’s not going to happen. LOL.