What I mean is like for example, a person having “gravitational pull” or someone making a “quantum leap” makes no sense to anyone who knows about physics. Gravity is extremely weak and quantum leaps are tiny.
Or “David versus Goliath” to describe a huge underdoge makes no sense to anyone who knows about history, because nobody bringing a gun to a sword fight is going to be the underdog but that’s essentially what David did.
I’m looking for more examples like that.
“Does a bear shit in the woods?”
Might be a regional thing but people would often say this as a sarcastic but emphatic “Yes” reply to people, particularly “obvious” answers.
Truth is, my personal observation is that they will make every opportunity to come out on the nearest road or field and shit there.
Obviously one could argue the pedantry (eg rural = woods, or most shit is in wooded areas) but my point is back to there actually being enough nuance to argue the point that they aren’t making the point they think they are when they say that.
I’m fun at parties!
Would you say you’re a party pooper?
(Likely another example of a phrase that OP was looking for)
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