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Today, on a conference call, someone said, "it's always darkest before the dawn."

I couldn't help myself. I said, "No it isn't. It's darkest in the middle of the night, equidistant between sunset and sunrise." That got quite a few laughs.

Today, on a conference call, someone said, "it's always darkest before the dawn." I couldn't help myself. I said, "No it isn't. It's darkest in the middle of the night, equidistant between sunset and sunrise." That got quite a few laughs.

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I fully agree. It's simply a statement that's been used over time to mean something, for so long, that it no longer reflects the actual structure of the statement. It's like saying "The proof is in the pudding." That's not the original statement, but we all know what it's supposed to mean.

But the thread this was posted in was "What sayings do you hate?" That one, and that's why. Again, nothing more.