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What are some idioms that no longer make sense? Can you think of a modern replacement? (lemmy.world)
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I was thinking about the phrase 'The pot calling the kettle black'. It comes from a time where cooking was done over open fires and cookware would become visibly ashy. (Fun fact: It first appears and was perhaps coined by Cervantes in Don Quixote!)

What are some other idioms that have lost their literal connection to time? What would be a good modern replacement?

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[–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The crypto bro trolling the AI bro. It would be a nice modern substitute lol, IF I understand what the meaning is, eng is not my native language, but as I understood it's: Someone bad calling out someone other bad

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago*

    It's both too contentious and too referential to work imo, not everyone knows what a "x bro" is, or even what trolling is. Would work great on lemmy though.

    Also yeah you understood the expression, although it's more about someone calling someone else out on something they also do.

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