And coming in at number 1, is "You should have left that, I would have done it"
This is usually applied to clearing up, washing up, emptying/loading the dishwasher, and nearly always used just as any of the aforementioned tasks have been completed.
And, at number 2 is "Oh, I didn't know that you saving/wanted that." This can be applied to many things, but that cold sausage ( or sometimes in my case, a cold onion bahjee 
) that you were really looking forward to can almost justify some sort of physical reaction, especially if insult has been added to injury by leaving the EMPTY greasy plate in the fridge 
And, although this isn't a phrase, so I am guilty of deviating from my own OP, I dont think that leaving the hall light on so that I could actually see the cat vomit and avoid stepping in it, goes anywhere near to actually getting a bit of kitchen roll and cleaning it up!
"The problem is.............(pick a non-problem)" - repeat all day until wife is climbing the walls.
The REAL problem is that OH keeps saying "The problem is....." 
When I'm preparing a meal, "Is there anything I can do to help?", late enough that there is no danger of there being anything left to do.
Oh my goodness! These are the sorts of things that I say - not DH
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