"Pardon My French" "Sell Like Hot Cakes" & Ten More Sayings Going Extinct

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If you say "pardon my French" to a young person, they might ACTUALLY think you speak French. A new poll done in England looked at old sayings that are going extinct. And that's one of them.

48% of people under 50 said they wouldn't say "pardon my French." And 49% would never say "selling like hot cakes" either. Here are a few more old sayings that are going extinct. Over half of people under 50 said they never use any of these . . .

1. A flash in the pan

2. Dead as a doornail

3. Beating a dead horse

4. Toe the line

5. Drop someone a line

6. Steal my thunder

7. Be there, or be square

8. Put a sock in it

9. Cool as a cucumber

10. Raining cats and dogs. 

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