Can you think of any other wacky statements that can be phrased better?

My husband said he caught the bus. I couldn’t help but laugh when I had a vision of him catching the bus.
Properly I suppose he would say I got on the bus. (Although I don’t know why we say got on instead of got in the bus?)
We can also say we are riding the bus.
Any how we say caught, grabbed, or jumped on.
So it got me wondering how many things we say sound silly because it can have a double meaning.
My girlfriend wanted to go all the way downtown but I don’t care for it?
Let’s cruise the mall.
He gave me the bird or flipped me the bird.
Lets try to keep this clean