I know the expression, but if I didn't, I think I would find that usage off-putting. Just having to sound it out in my head was a distraction.
I know, world in peril and we have to work together. This is my last office romance, I'll tell you that.
Buffy ,'End of Days'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Scrappy - Jun 05, 2009 10:42:19 am PDT #1651 of 6690
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Typo Boy - Jun 05, 2009 10:43:33 am PDT #1652 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
OK, that makes sense. Out it goes. (Really, when I wonder "should I keep this", I should remember that if I have to ask the answer is almost certainly "No".)
Burrell - Jun 05, 2009 10:43:48 am PDT #1653 of 6690
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I suspect you are asking because you think it's too obscure. In which case it's too obscure.
amych - Jun 05, 2009 10:43:59 am PDT #1654 of 6690
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
It's neither familiar nor clear from context to me -- for reference, I'd rate my Yiddish knowledge above average compared to the gen. pop., but nowhere near the level of someone who's actually studied it.
amych - Jun 05, 2009 10:43:59 am PDT #1655 of 6690
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Also, I'm double-posty today.
Burrell - Jun 05, 2009 10:44:11 am PDT #1656 of 6690
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
hah! Like minded cross post.
Gudanov - Jun 05, 2009 10:44:20 am PDT #1657 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
It's not clear to me in that one sentence. In a larger context maybe. I think it is a bit distracting. I'd rate my Yiddish knowledge as nonexistent.
Barb - Jun 05, 2009 2:29:21 pm PDT #1658 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
I've been given an offer of representation.
-t - Jun 05, 2009 2:35:09 pm PDT #1659 of 6690
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay! I hope it works out
Liese S. - Jun 05, 2009 2:37:01 pm PDT #1660 of 6690
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
WHOOHOO!