People are Googling fake sayings to see AI Overviews explain them - and it's hilarious
Published on: 2025-08-15 05:30:00
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Google AI Overviews are at it again.
About a year after going viral for suggesting recipes like glue pizza and gasoline spaghetti, Google's AI-powered search summaries (which you can avoid, by the way) are in the news again.
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This time, users are pushing Google's AI past its limits by creating fake idioms.
How it works
Go to Google and search for a fake idiom. Don't ask for an explanation, and don't ask for a backstory. Just simply search something like "A barking cat can't put out a fire," "You can't make grape jelly from an avocado," or "Never give your pig a dictionary." It may help if you add "meaning" at the end of your fake idiom when searching.
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Google will not only confirm that what you've entered is a real saying, but it will also make up a definition
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