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I just really hate idioms, I prefer things to be literal and when I try to use idioms myself it feels disgusting and cringey. I also dislike sarcasm a lot and it makes me feel kind of dizzy to use it. is it normal ?
*clicked on this just to see what idioms the commenters would come up with
Heh. I don't really mind when others use them, I just can't bring myself to say such things
Really?
So when you say, "I just can't bring myself to say such things," that means you are literally refusing to move to a particularly point in space in order to speak certain words?
"I don't really mind," is also idiomatic, since it makes no literal sense.
If you wanted to be an anti-idiom purist, you could have said, "I don't care when others use idioms; I just don't use them myself."
Idioms are deeply embedded in language, and one of the reasons it's difficult to become truly fluent in a language not spoken from early childhood.
Hahah you got me there. I guess it's only ones that have a completely different meaning, such as "foot in mouth", "I've been around the block" etc., it just sounds too goofy that I'd be embarrassed to use them in conversation (or is "idiom" the wrong word for that sort of thing? I can't really think of any others at the moment)
Idiom is the right word, but maybe it's clichés and laziness you actually find annoying? There's definitely nothing wrong with that, particularly if you want to write well.
The expressions you cite as particular peeves would have been original and striking at one time, then uncommon and amusing, but now they're just trite.
Idioms can add color to language, but they are also a little hazardous. If you say someone has "been around the block a few times" in the USA, it just means they've had a lot of experience of something. In Britain, it's commonly taken to specifically mean they've have lots of sexual experience.
Funny stuff dumpster!!! Though I feel your story is fabricated, anywy good way to use all the idioms and cliches in there though hahaha
I love my idioms mate, it's raining and dogs at my house ATM, weather man conducting report said it would be sunny, hope the news network puts the acid on him for next time, oh well I'm not gonna throw the baby out with the bath water over it :-) and yes it's fairly normal man, we all have things we dislike etc
I completely feel you, brother. Had a neighbor back in the day who only spoke in weird phrases and clichés.
It was horrible. He'd come up to you and greet you with some outdated movie quote. His idea of a joke was to scream "Whazuuuuuuuuuuuup?" like in that old beer commercial. A real piece of work, that guy. Couldn't hold a regular conversation to save his life.
Thing is, despite him spouting off more bad one-liners than germs a spitball carries, he had a ton of friends. He was always surrounded by four or five people who always seemed to be laughing at his shitty Family Guy quotes or Austin Power references. It baffled me, since the guy drove me up a wall whenever I talked with him.
One day I was over at a mutual friend's house for a cookout and he was there. He had me at my wit's end. There's only so many times I can hear "Oh yeah, Bay-bee!" before I snap, but the guy kept at it.
He was really pissing me off. I was at the end of my rope with that one, he was really yanking my chain. I had had it up to here with that joker, so I told him off. I started off slow, but eventually lost it and really let him have it. Told him how annoying he was, how much his jokes sucked, etcetera etcetera. I really laid it on thick; the whole nine yards. I was steaming.
The guy brushed it off really well. He kept cool as a cucumber and just shrugged. He looked me in the eye, put his hand on my shoulder and in the sweetest tone ever, like that of a mother gently correcting her son, he said "Hail to the king, baby!"
The whole party erupted in laughter. I was at a loss for words. How could this clownshoes over here stay so calm after getting chewed out publicly? Why was everyone laughing? Was I in a nuthouse all of a sudden? His dumb jokes were a dime a dozen. He always uses the same quotes from the same movies, just beating a dead horse over and over again.
"It's not brain surgery" he said with a grin. "Sorry to burst your bubble, but you can't roll with the punches. Right off the bat you came off as a real jerk. You thought you had me on the ropes earlier when you were giving me an earful, but I was just biding my time. Lemme give you the old one-two here, toots. These people here are my friends. They love me for who I am, even if I am just some cornball movie-quoting pudtz. We're all having a good time and you're here making a mountain out of a molehill. Just cus my jokes ain't your cup of tea doesn't mean you can get your knickers in a twist, amigo. Now, let's kiss and make up you son of a gun."
He offered me his hand in a peaceful gesture. I shook it warmly.
"Groovy bay-bee!" he shouted in an awful Austin Powers impression. I slammed his head through a glass table.
We never really did talk much after that one. Wonder what he's up to.
Point is, sometimes you can lead a horse to water, but that don't mean he'll drink.
Look up the research in sarcasm. Not understanding or liking it could ...well, what I read just may be a bitter pill to swallow.