45 Different Popular Sayings That Aren’t Very Accurate at All

“It’s always darkest before the dawn.” We can’t count how many times we’ve heard this phrase uttered amid every bleak and depressing situation. It’s been used in movies and music as well countless times before. But is this really true? Not just figuratively, but literally? This person doesn’t think so. “What? That’s the exact opposite of true. Why would you say that?

“…I feel like it’s the most insincere of all meaningless platitudes since it isn’t even true within its irrelevant metaphorical context.” We understand the sentiment behind it despite its inaccuracies. It merely means that once you hit bottom, you can only go up. Once you’ve reached the lowest of the low, it can only get better from there.