Fact is usually contrasted with Fiction — TheMadFool

But the point is: What is fact and what is fiction?

What counts as fiction for some cultures, like the ancient Greek gods are for scientific culture, or quarks for ancient Greek culture, is fact for others, like quarks for midern scientific culture or gods for ancient Greek culture.

The idea is just that there are expressions in everyday language that are not true. — tim wood

Can you give an example of such an expressuon?