Silliest expression in your language?

[Dark Spark]

In case you were wondering:

"One bird in hand beats two in the bush." means that you should be content with the game birds you've actually shot and retrieved rather that fret about the fact that there are a lot more out there you haven't caught yet.

"Catch-22" is the fallacy where the soldier most deserving of a military discharge due to insanity (someone crazy enough to enjoy killing people) would never actually ask for such a discharge. Only men who are sane enough to hate the idea of killing would desire such a discharge. Therefore, they cannot be crazy enough to actually deserve that kind of a discharge.

"Speak of the Devil..." is easily explained once you complete the entire phrase, rather than leave it at the first half: "..and so he shall appear." Which explains why someone only utters the phrase when the person they've been talking about suddenly shows up on the scene.

"The Quick and the Dead." 'Quick' is an archaic term for 'alive'. 'Quicksand' moves as if it is alive. 'Quicksilver' moves as if it were alive. "Biting nails to the quick" means you've bitten your nails down to the pink (living) portion.

[KalleFlaxx]

I dunno if this exists in English, but in Sweden people sometimes say 'Här ligger en hund begraven.' Which translates to 'Here lies a buried dog.' And that means that something's not quite right.

[Blackhawk Vegal]

"Catch-22" is the fallacy where the soldier most deserving of a military discharge due to insanity (someone crazy enough to enjoy killing people) would never actually ask for such a discharge. Only men who are sane enough to hate the idea of killing would desire such a discharge. Therefore, they cannot be crazy enough to actually deserve that kind of a discharge.

I think that's more along the lines of a "Section 8" , some one trying to get out of military service, "He's bucking for a Section 8"

a catch 22, I think is more along the lines of, "your Dam if you, Dam if you don't"

EDIT: then again they both mean the same thing, now that i thunk about it

'i' before 'e' except after 'c'.

except when it comes to drinking "BUDWEISER's"

[Avron the S'wit]

I always thought the English statement that "He woke up dead" was really silly.

In Turkish there is a financial saying that goes "Ayağını yorganına göre uzat" - something like "Only stretch your feet by the length of your blanket." Cold feet are no laughing matter, no matter how much money you have.

[Sonixboom]

I before E except afterCof when sounded like A as in nEIghbor and wAy

and on weekends and holidays and all throighout may... AND YOULL ALWAYS BE WRONG NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY!!!

Its awesome

-Sonix

[Tracyn_Skirata]

Haat o'r an nuhune

Meaning: Many a true word spoken in jest.

[Argonanza]

Nu går skammen på torra land.
Meaning, now shame walks on dry land. What the hell?