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We've got some people who want to be engineers and not math folks. You can increase sales by 110%. That's a matter of math. You can exceed recommended maximum ratings on equipment. The human body can only give 100% of what it has to give. Maybe only 1% of people can get to 100%, but there is a limit. The limit is 100%. The "lift the car off your momma" may be 100%, but it is not any more than that. Is it 100% of "ordinary"? That's another question. But most of the people who spout this stuff are not serious mathematicians. Hopefully they can read and write and aren't bankrupt within 5 years of ending multi-million dollar/year jobs.

But, a person can NOT give more than 100%. AND, 100% is really good.
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two more:

 

"we need to look at the tape"

" we need to get a hat on a hat"

 

Actually, many of these others listed annoy me more but thought I'd add these couple of lesser but still overused sayings. Good topic!

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"He caught the ball at it's highest point." Isn't the ball's highest point about half way from where the QB threw to it to where the WR catches it?

 

This one makes me irrationally angry when I hear it.

 

It's not the ball's highest point, it's the receiver's highest point. Why can they not just say "He caught the ball at his highest point"

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Anything containing the phrase, "struggled mightily." God, I hate that.

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