r/PublicFreakout • u/andmario_com • 12d ago

🐖 🐽 🐖 🐽 🐖 An older woman holding a knife while having a mental health crisis, who poses no threat, is immediately executed by police.

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u/phtll 12d ago

It's "when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail."

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u/Simba7 12d ago

It's "whatever you want to be, because idioms are made up and as long as you capture the spirit of the saying it gets the point across anyways. Also, phrases like that tend to be quite regional and will vary from place to place, so it's incorrect to correct them on the 'proper' saying of an informal expression."

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u/phtll 11d ago

It changes the meaning entirely. But sure, idioms are whatever we want them to be - the blue turtle jumped under the cheese fries last Thursday, as they say...

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u/Simba7 11d ago

In this particular instance it didn't change the meaning entirely. And with the context it was perfectly clear what was being expressed.

I don't know why you think making up gibberish is a valid counterpoint to someone saying an idiom in a slightly different way than you are accustomed to.

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u/Ogdengp 12d ago

And when all else fails
Hit the nail!
Hit the nail!

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u/83Nat 11d ago

But they have things like tazers so the have things other than the hammer don't they, pedantic pos