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It does not make sense to convert digits to figure of speech, just for the fuck of it.
The practice still has one very important application:
"What time is it?"
"Half past a monkey's ass, quarter to his balls"
Our family's was "freckle past a hair and time to get a watch"
I feel this comment betrays a misunderstanding of what language even is. Saying it like "two forty-five" or whatever is a figure of speech as much as "quarter to three" is.
You knew exactly what I meant, you're just being pedantic.
No, I meant it. "Two forty-five" is a figure of speech. If you were giving the time in exact terms you'd say something like "it's been two hours and forty-five minutes since midday/midnight". You're just stuck in this idea that your way of expressing it is the right one.
See my previous comment.
That's the most arrogant reply you could've written. And I've just clicked on your name and seen your other comments, and it all makes sense. Wind your neck in and go outside.
See my comment previous to the last.