5 sayings that make NO sense

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The video taps into a relatable feeling of questioning common idioms, using humor and a conversational tone to engage viewers who may share similar confusion or find the literal interpretations amusing.

Summary

The creator discusses five common sayings that they find nonsensical and don't understand the meaning or origin of. They humorously question the literal interpretations of phrases like "Bob's your uncle" and "raining cats and dogs."

Structure

1Introduction to nonsensical sayings
2Questioning "Bob's your uncle"
3Questioning "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water"
4Questioning "It's raining cats and dogs"
5Questioning "Close but no cigar"
6Questioning "A watched pot never boils"

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5 sayings that make NO sense 1. Bob's your uncle 2. don't throw the baby out with the bath water 3. it's raining cats and dogs 4. close but no cigar 5. a watched pot never boils

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who came up with these #top5 #sayings

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Transcript

5 sayings that I don't understand at all. Number one. Bob's your uncle. No, he's not. I don't even know who you're talking about or what this means. Number two. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. So, I don't even know where to begin with this one because do you throw the baby out with the bath water? You drain it. And even if you have a weirdly small baby, I don't think it's small enough to fall down the drain. And again, I don't even know what that's supposed to mean. Number three. It's raining cats and dogs. It's raining hard. Where are the cats and dogs coming from? Someone explain this to me. Number four. Close but no cigar. Cigars are a unit of measurement. I must be missing something. I must be. And number five. A watched pot never boils. Are you fucking serious? Have you just left every boiling pot of water out while you're watching it? That's how I know it's fucking boiling and ready to go is because I'm watching it. How else would you know? I don't know, bro.