You know any cool, lesser-known or even made up phrases?

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You know any cool, lesser-known or even made up phrases? - Lemmy

# pray tell For demanding an answer. In my opinion, it adds a friendly layer of irony, indicating that you cannot see a possible reason for something : And pray tell, what purpose does it serve? 🙄 # Half Sisyphus, half rolling stone. Describes self sabotaging tendencies (while showing good will and effort). *I thought you quit smoking last month – yea, half Sisyphus, half rolling stone🥲

Streets ahead.

If you have to ask, you're streets behind.

I thought it was coined by Community initially, so when I heard it used on the Great British Bake-Off, I thought “wow, is that a Community reference?” Turns out it’s been a common saying in the UK and Ireland for ages.

Heh, it was still a good joke.

Ha ha it's a saying my mother would use, or people of her generation, which makes it even funnier that Pierce thinks he coined it... a bit like when he thinks he "writes" the Greendale song.