fidodo comments on Idiom continuity

[–] fidodo@lemm.ee 15 points 3 years ago* (5 children)

"going sideways" is also bad. I guess the moral of that idiom is that directions are bad?

I guess "going forwards intact" would be the good version.

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[–] Nougat@kbin.social 13 points 3 years ago

Remaining motionless at room temperature.

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[–] muddi@hexbear.net 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

It's "go up in flames" right? So the opposite would be "not catch on fire?"

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago

Go down in water.

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[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 2 points 3 years ago

Extinguished forward, but stopped

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[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 1 point 3 years ago*

"going sideways" is also bad.

“Going forward in flames” is what it should be. You’re in flames, but you’re not going up, down, or sideways (all bad), but just going forward knowing the flames will probably subside.

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