One aspect of the English language that makes it particularly difficult to learn is the fact that we rarely say exactly what we mean. “I’m feeling under the weather” or “I have a frog in my throat” might sound like absolute nonsense to someone unfamiliar with those phrases. And if you say that someone has a “heart of gold,” it would be quite concerning if you were actually referring to their anatomy.
But it’s not always crystal clear when we should adhere to what people say literally or when we should just take it with a grain of salt. And apparently, these misinterpretations often lead to some hilarious situations. Below, you’ll find a list that Bored Panda has compiled of funny examples of people doing exactly as they’re told. So enjoy scrolling through these clever actions and honest mistakes, and be sure to upvote the images that leave you tickled pink!
#1 What Platform Is This On

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#2 When My Wife’s School Said They Had BBQ For Teacher Appreciation Week, She Was Excited To Hear To There Was A Vegetarian Option! It Was A Potato With BBQ Sauce

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#3 I Asked My Husband To Seal An Envelope For Mailing

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#4 I Asked For An Apple Watch For My Birthday. This Is What I Got

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#5 I Had Some Time Before My Flight Out Of Boston

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#6 My Cousin Just Started Kindergarten, She’s Going To Go Far

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#7 A Very Literal Half Pint

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#8 I Suppose My Sil Should Have Gone Into The Bakery Instead Of Ordering Through Their Online Function

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#9 My Kind Of Guy

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#10 Heart Rate At 98.7° C

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#11 I Was Doing Homework When I Did This

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#12 Can You Talk Real Quick?

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#13 It’s Useless If You Can’t Swim

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#14 Literally

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#15 Asked My Dad For A Blank CD, Showed Me This Saying “I’ve Got A Clear One”

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#16 Meet Bob

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#17 This Target Sign Says That People Arent Allowed In

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#18 Museum-Goers Touched The “Please Touch” Sign Instead Of The Rock

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#19 I Don’t Care

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#20 Try And Stop Me

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#21 Bills Bills Bills

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#22 Imagine Alligators In The Lunch Break At Your Workplace

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#23 This Is Popcorn Chicken

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#24 Huh, I Wouldn’t’ve Thought

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#25 Well, They Are For Sure

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#26 That Is Hilarious

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#27 At Least It’s Not Made Out Of Sand

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#28 In His Defense, I Did Say To Put These In The Bathroom. There Is Nothing Like Having A Literal 2nd Grader Living In Your House

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#29 2nd Graders Homework. My Friend’s (Awesome) 6 Yr Old Son Is Autistic And Takes Instructions Literally

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#30 They Said Put In A Mask. Didn’t Say Which Kind Of Mask

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#31 My Kids Came In And Told Me There Was Water Coming From The Laundry Room. They Said It Looked Like It Started At The Washer. I Rushed In To Find This

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#32 After A Huge Meal (Schweinshaxe) In Berlin I Asked For Just A Small Beer. This Is What The Waiter Brought Me:

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#33 I Asked For A Car Full Of Money For My Birthday, Grandmother Delivers

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#34 My Son Doing What The Sign Says

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#35 I Waited Here

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#36 80-100 Words

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#37 Girlfriend And Her Friend Spent The Day In Sf

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#38 Face Palm

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#39 It Looks Like Someone Took This Sign A Bit Too Literally

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#40 When Santa Is Too Literal

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#41 Competition To McDonald’s Have Arrived

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#42 I Am Indeed Not A Train

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#43 I Was Expecting The First Comment To Be Pineapple, But I Guess This Works Too

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#44 That’s What The Gps Said

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#45 Nobody Knows Such A Person

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#46 He Didn’t Fight

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#47 This Is The Modern Jack Sparrow

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#48 I Meaaan

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#49 I Do Too

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#50 An Amateur Pilot At Best

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#51 Some People Take Things Way Too Literally

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#52 Six Year Olds Are Very Literal

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#53 They Said He Jumps When He’s Excited.. So Naturally I Was Thinking Just, Jumps Up On You.. No This Dog Literally Jumps

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#54 Can’t Argue With That

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#55 I Asked For Extra Spicy Pad Thai Today

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#56 Sure He Would Be A Baby

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#57 What A Coincidence! Me Too

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#58 They Only Go Up To 9

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#59 Air Filters Do Their Job

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#60 How To Defeat A Bear

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#61 No Doubt About It

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#62 To Be An Only Child You Do Not Ha E Siblings

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#63 $500 To $160,000 With Nft

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#64 That’s A Lot Of Money

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#65 Holy Crap, Mind Absolutely Blown

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#66 Literally, It Is What You Wanted

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#67 So True

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#68 I Flew Korean Air And Asked For A Rum And Coke. Something Must Have Got Lost In Translation

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#69 This Works Just Fine

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#70 The Assignment Was To Write 1 To 120. He Took It Literally

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#71 The Teacher Said Don’t Look (At The Board) While You’re Writing. She Took It Literally

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#72 Got My Dad A Pocket Watch For My Wedding At The Weekend. Asked For An Engraved Capital R At The Top. They Took The Instruction A Bit Too Literally

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#73 I Took A Picture Of Myself Everyday For One Day

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#74 This Image Looks Like Four Different Pictures Because It Actually Is

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#75 More Than One, In Fact…

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#76 So My Job Literally Requires Me To Cut Corners

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