Comments on: Stupid English Phrases http://www.gazandkim.com/stupid-english-phrases/ The Blog about Nothing Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:33:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: quinn http://www.gazandkim.com/stupid-english-phrases/comment-page-1/#comment-141 quinn Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:33:54 +0000 http://www.gazandkim.com/?p=28#comment-141 That's the problem with idioms - if you rephrase them to be more truthful, they get less catchy. Perhaps there's some sort of mathematical relationship: catchiness x truthfulness = constant So possibly, if you're in search of the ultimate catch phrase, the process would be to gradually eliminate as much truth from it as possible ;) That’s the problem with idioms – if you rephrase them to be more truthful, they get less catchy. Perhaps there’s some sort of mathematical relationship:

catchiness x truthfulness = constant

So possibly, if you’re in search of the ultimate catch phrase, the process would be to gradually eliminate as much truth from it as possible ;)

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