popular sayings

They really dont make sense...

like "there's not a grain of truth in it" have you ever seen a grain of truth?

and "I've made my bed, now I have to sleep in it" don't you generally make your bed after you sleep in it?

how about "I did it on the fly." you can't fly for one thing, and you can't do things on a fly.... "I did it from scratch" is another one, scratch? how can you do anything from a scratch?

or just maybe: "that rocked my socks." why would you put rocks in your socks? or throw rocks at your socks? either way, it makes no sense.

"you can't teach an old dog new tricks" you says? my dog learned new tricks all the time!

*notices blank looks* maybe I'll stop now....