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What is a common quote or saying that makes no sense? Please explain why you think so.

Share a common quote or saying that makes no sense. Please explain why you think so.
For example, "you're only as young as you feel."

The saying is, at best, ambiguous - at worst, dangerously misleading.

How one feels is not merely a matter of optimism or magical thinking;
it's far more likely to be an objective indicator of good health.

Research shows that people's chronological age is often very different to their real physical age.
A fit sixty-year-old can have the bone density, heart-rate and energy of a forty-year-old,
while an obese forty-year-old can have diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.
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sassypants · 36-40, F
"Play it by ear" used in the wrong context. Originally it was meant and a musical term.
@sassypants It meant to improvise, not follow a set musical score. So there could be an analogy in other scenarios.
sassypants · 36-40, F
@bijouxbroussard Thank you for the explanation. It still sounds funny to me.
@sassypants As a metaphor for improvising, I quite like this saying. For instance, if I'm meeting a friend. I'll generally have no idea what we might end up chatting about, so I'm almost always responding and improvising in the moment - playing it by ear.

But now that you mention it, it would sound a bit odd if one said it about, say, football. ;)