What I mean is like for example, a person having “gravitational pull” or someone making a “quantum leap” makes no sense to anyone who knows about physics. Gravity is extremely weak and quantum leaps are tiny.
Or “David versus Goliath” to describe a huge underdoge makes no sense to anyone who knows about history, because nobody bringing a gun to a sword fight is going to be the underdog but that’s essentially what David did.
I’m looking for more examples like that.
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, does not hold true for many diseases including many cancers
What doesn’t kill you, cripple you for life or leave mental scars, might make you stronger. Chances are, it will make you weaker.
What doesn’t kill you might succeed on a second attempt.
Physical scars can also be a bitch.
My grandma’s version of “5 second rule” is “what doesn’t kill you makes you fatter”
What doesn’t kill you leaves you with a crushing hospital bill (in the US)
Chemotherapy destroyed my immune system and my hearing. But the cancer didn’t kill me, so it’s better than the alternative.