• Bonehead@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    It’s Francis Bacon, the author that said “Knowledge is power”. Come on now, this is easy enough to look up…it’s not rocket appliances.

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        The expression you’re looking for is “we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it” Not that it matters, it’s all water under the fridge anyway, mostly a moo point.

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          Come on, man, it’s “water under the bridge”. I want to contribute but it felt like we were drifting into malaphors there for a second, so I’m gonna play it by year and just see what comes next.

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            Not to be rude, but it’s actually “play it by ear”. I’m trying to come up with something witty to say, but I’m dropping a blank.

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              I don’t want to beat under the bush so I’m just going to say it. You should have said "drawing a blank ".

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                Hey man just want to correct you so you don’t embarrass yourself, it’s beat around the bush. Good thing I nipped that in the butt.

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                  It’s nip it in bud - which is not the nipple of a human, but the bud of a rose. Sorry for being so pedophile.

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                    A pedophile is a kiddie diddler; you’re thinking of “pedantic.” But, that’s just my two scents on the matter.

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                  I’m sorry to correct you, but it’s actually nipped in the bud. I’d hate for you to use that in public and get egg on your plate.

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              You mean “drawing a blank.” It’s like you can lead a whore to water but you can’t make a drink.