Sayings quoted incorrectly

[Frankenkubota]

Not sure this has been mentioned or is in the correct thread, but what is it when people talk of thawing out something like a steak, they say they are going to de-thaw the steak. I can see thaw, or even defrost, but de-thaw? And is it a regional thing?

flammable........inflammable

 

[nbking]

It's not rocket surgery, or brain science.
Biff was the original misquote
Why don't you act like a tree, and get outta here

 

[dodge man]

It’s not rock science.

Look up Yogisims(sp?). The things Yogi Bera said. Like “when you come to the fork in the road, take it”.

 

[the old grind]

Totally get Yogi. btw, things are more the way they are now than they've ever been before.

 

[gsganzer]

I hear this one all the time, "Taking things for granite".

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Reminds me of something I saw written on the wall of a privy Many, many years ago.

"Granite Oklahoma...hardest town this side of Cement".

 

[Big Barn]

“Never take things for granite”

......Fred Flintstone

 

[Xfaxman]

Reminds me of something I saw written on the wall of a privy Many, many years ago.

"Granite Oklahoma...hardest town this side of Cement".

And they are 70 miles apart!

 

[2LaneCruzer]

My Dad was in the aggregate business, and there were rock quarries in both towns. Makes me wonder who wrote the line I quoted...

 

[Jstpssng]

An oft misquoted phrase is "Play it again, Sam." That was never said in the movie Casablanca, although it was the name of another movie 20 years later.