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wagudc

·Jan 12, 2021

Charlemagne1333

Common idiom

Easy peasy...

Bite the bullet! But my answer comes with a follow up question where did the phrase come from? That is, what practice does this refer to?

 

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wagudc

·Jan 12, 2021

The clue for my follow up question.
Edit, the uncle Sam image did not upload before. My sincere apologies.

Minus

Edited: Jan 12, 2021

 

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Canuck

·Jan 12, 2021

wagudc

Bite the bullet! But my answer comes with a follow up question where did the phrase come from? That is, what practice does this refer to?

Easy peasy!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bite_the_bullet

 

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Charlemagne1333

·Jan 12, 2021

Another medically themed idiom...

 

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wagudc

·Jan 12, 2021

Charlemagne1333

Another medically themed idiom...

Under the knife.

 

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Charlemagne1333

·Jan 12, 2021

wagudc

Under the knife.

Got it!

Looks like I’ll have to be a bit more creative with @wagudc being a bit quick...

 

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wagudc

·Jan 12, 2021

One of my favorite old-timey stayings

 

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·Jan 12, 2021

wagudc

Under the knife.

 

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Canuck

·Jan 12, 2021

wagudc

One of my favorite old-timey stayings

Anti establishment?

 

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Canuck

·Jan 12, 2021

wagudc

The clue for my follow up question.

Minus

Wild guess! Show card cut outs?

 

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wagudc

·Jan 12, 2021

Canuck

Anti establishment?

Nope, but here is a hint: one could say those football players are taking a . . .

 

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wagudc

·Jan 12, 2021

Canuck

Wild guess! Show card cut outs?

Nope, the hint is that it is a reason you might bite the bullet.

Oops, I need to edit it. Somehow one of my imagees did not upload.

It is fixed now

 

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Transitus

·Jan 12, 2021

wagudc

Nope, the hint is that it is a reason you might bite the bullet.

Oops, I need to edit it. Somehow one of my imagees did not upload.

It is fixed now

Bees knees?

Oops - Sorry, attached to wrong post!

Edited: Jan 12, 2021

 

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·Jan 12, 2021

wagudc

The clue for my follow up question.
Edit, the uncle Sam image did not upload before. My sincere apologies.

Minus

Amputation

 

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Syzygy

·Jan 12, 2021

wagudc

Nope, but here is a hint: one could say those football players are taking a . . .

Dang conference calls got me side tracked...Transitus hit this one!

 

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wagudc

·Jan 12, 2021

Transitus

Bees knees?

Oops - Sorry, attached to wrong post!

Yes, correct!

 

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wagudc

·Jan 12, 2021

Transitus

Amputation

Indeed

 

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Canuck

·Jan 12, 2021

Transitus

Amputation

So the pot of what I assumed was cardamom was only in there as a red herring?

 

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Syzygy

·Jan 12, 2021

Canuck

So the pot of what I assumed was cardamom was only in there as a red herring?

That's mate (mah-tay)...common drink in central and south America. A bit like tea.

Still, that one had me totally scratching my head too

 

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Canuck

·Jan 12, 2021

A guy! Deceased.