Apologetic proverb

Apologetic proverbs (also known as Wellerisms), make fun of proverbs by showing that they are wrong, in some situations.

They have :

They often have sardonic humor.

Examples

A body can get used to anything, even to being hanged, as the Irishman said. (Lucy Maud Montgomery--Anne of Green Gables)

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