You know we have a lot of expressions in the English language that we use all the time. Most of us use them every day and we never seem to examine them very closely. Like undisputed heavyweight champion. Well if it's undisputed what's all of fighting about?
Or that's the last straw! That one doesn't seem fair. To me, you know I think you oughta warn a guy first. That's the next of the last straw! Let him know he's running out of straws.
Or the expression “Down the tubes.” You hear that a lot especially these last couple of years. People say the country is really going down the tubes. What tubes? Have you seen any tubes? Where are these tubes? Where do they go and how come there's more than one tube. It seems to me, one country one tube. Does every state all of a sudden have its own tube now. One tube is all you need. But a tube that big somebody would have seen it by now.
Takes the cake. Where? Where do you take a cake? To the movies? You know where I would take a cake? Down to the bakery to see the other cakes.
And last, is one you say all the time. More than happy. People say, “I would be more than happy to do that.” How can you be more than happy. More than happy sounds like a dangerous mental condition. “We had to put Dave in the hospital. He was, more than happy.” --George Carlin
