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!
Oh gmelon that is scary. Once each side would be enough. I am resting, I disappear each afternoon to my bedroom and invariably end up fast asleep for at least an hour, but I am not known for my patience and sitting too long makes me stiff so it is finding the right balance at the moment.
The problem with OH is that he seriously can't see an issue. He says my standards are too high, something not usually said ever about my housekeeping.
I can actually top it, although it's not for those of a delicate nature!
A few years ago we had friends staying (luckily, very good and easy going friends) Mr P was having to leave very early for work, and one of the cats we had at the time (now buried in the garden) had got a bit (ahem) haphazard with regard to toilet arrangements
Mr P had encountered a deposit in the hall, and before leaving had very helpfully written a notice in large letters in black marker pen saying "Cat poo, beware!" with an arrow on it and sellotaped it to the hall table!
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