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#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

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Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

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Hint: Don't worry; be happy

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#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: Don't worry; be happy

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: Don't worry; be happy

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: Don't worry; be happy

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@eclectech

So you want an idiomatic translation rather than a literal one. Makes sense.

I love when people fluent in another language explain an idiom from that language in English. Something like you ask "What's the <language> equivalent of `he couldn't pour piss out of a boot with instructions on the heel`?" and they tell you it's <...> which translates as "His grandmother hid his fish behind the outhouse door" or something like that 😆

#idiom #language

@eclectech

So you want an idiomatic translation rather than a literal one. Makes sense.

I love when people fluent in another language explain an idiom from that language in English. Something like you ask "What's the <language> equivalent of `he couldn't pour piss out of a boot with instructions on the heel`?" and they tell you it's <...> which translates as "His grandmother hid his fish behind the outhouse door" or something like that 😆

#idiom #language

@eclectech

So you want an idiomatic translation rather than a literal one. Makes sense.

I love when people fluent in another language explain an idiom from that language in English. Something like you ask "What's the <language> equivalent of `he couldn't pour piss out of a boot with instructions on the heel`?" and they tell you it's <...> which translates as "His grandmother hid his fish behind the outhouse door" or something like that 😆

#idiom #language

@eclectech

So you want an idiomatic translation rather than a literal one. Makes sense.

I love when people fluent in another language explain an idiom from that language in English. Something like you ask "What's the <language> equivalent of `he couldn't pour piss out of a boot with instructions on the heel`?" and they tell you it's <...> which translates as "His grandmother hid his fish behind the outhouse door" or something like that 😆

#idiom #language

@eclectech

So you want an idiomatic translation rather than a literal one. Makes sense.

I love when people fluent in another language explain an idiom from that language in English. Something like you ask "What's the <language> equivalent of `he couldn't pour piss out of a boot with instructions on the heel`?" and they tell you it's <...> which translates as "His grandmother hid his fish behind the outhouse door" or something like that 😆

#idiom #language

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: trying not to be bored?

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#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: trying not to be bored?

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: trying not to be bored?

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#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: trying not to be bored?

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#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

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Hint: dull

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#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: dull

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#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: dull

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#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: dull

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#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: not dead

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#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: not dead

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: not dead

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: not dead

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

The PImpl idiom and the C++26 std:indirect type

https://mariusbancila.ro/blog/2026/07/23/the-pimpl-idiom-and-the-cpp26-stdindirect-type/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49032095

#HackerNews #PImpl #Idiom #C++26 #stdIndirect #Type #Programming #Concepts #Software #Development

The PImpl idiom and the C++26 std:indirect type

https://mariusbancila.ro/blog/2026/07/23/the-pimpl-idiom-and-the-cpp26-stdindirect-type/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49032095

#HackerNews #PImpl #Idiom #C++26 #stdIndirect #Type #Programming #Concepts #Software #Development

The PImpl idiom and the C++26 std:indirect type

https://mariusbancila.ro/blog/2026/07/23/the-pimpl-idiom-and-the-cpp26-stdindirect-type/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49032095

#HackerNews #PImpl #Idiom #C++26 #stdIndirect #Type #Programming #Concepts #Software #Development

The PImpl idiom and the C++26 std:indirect type

https://mariusbancila.ro/blog/2026/07/23/the-pimpl-idiom-and-the-cpp26-stdindirect-type/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49032095

#HackerNews #PImpl #Idiom #C++26 #stdIndirect #Type #Programming #Concepts #Software #Development

The PImpl idiom and the C++26 std:indirect type

https://mariusbancila.ro/blog/2026/07/23/the-pimpl-idiom-and-the-cpp26-stdindirect-type/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49032095

#HackerNews #PImpl #Idiom #C++26 #stdIndirect #Type #Programming #Concepts #Software #Development

Going to start using the phrase, "not worth the candle." #language #idiom #candles #lighting https://www.suzannearnold.com/blog/not-worth-the-candle

Going to start using the phrase, "not worth the candle." #language #idiom #candles #lighting https://www.suzannearnold.com/blog/not-worth-the-candle

Going to start using the phrase, "not worth the candle." #language #idiom #candles #lighting https://www.suzannearnold.com/blog/not-worth-the-candle

Going to start using the phrase, "not worth the candle." #language #idiom #candles #lighting https://www.suzannearnold.com/blog/not-worth-the-candle

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: un-virtual

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: un-virtual

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: un-virtual

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: un-virtual

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's rebus style wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: wolf whistle

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#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's rebus style wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: wolf whistle

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#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's rebus style wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: wolf whistle

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#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's rebus style wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: wolf whistle

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It just occurred to me that the #English #FigureOfSpeech ‘You can’t have the cake and eat it too’ is silly. It should be ‘You can’t eat the cake and still have it’ or something like it.

I wanted to know if there’s a reason for the ‘reverted’ #idiom and looked up its origin. And, lo and behold, the Wikipedia says, ‘my’ version ‘used to be the most common form of the #expression until the 1930s–1940s, when it was overtaken by the have-eat variant.’

Huh. The more you know.

#randomFact #language

It just occurred to me that the #English #FigureOfSpeech ‘You can’t have the cake and eat it too’ is silly. It should be ‘You can’t eat the cake and still have it’ or something like it.

I wanted to know if there’s a reason for the ‘reverted’ #idiom and looked up its origin. And, lo and behold, the Wikipedia says, ‘my’ version ‘used to be the most common form of the #expression until the 1930s–1940s, when it was overtaken by the have-eat variant.’

Huh. The more you know.

#randomFact #language

It just occurred to me that the #English #FigureOfSpeech ‘You can’t have the cake and eat it too’ is silly. It should be ‘You can’t eat the cake and still have it’ or something like it.

I wanted to know if there’s a reason for the ‘reverted’ #idiom and looked up its origin. And, lo and behold, the Wikipedia says, ‘my’ version ‘used to be the most common form of the #expression until the 1930s–1940s, when it was overtaken by the have-eat variant.’

Huh. The more you know.

#randomFact #language

It just occurred to me that the #English #FigureOfSpeech ‘You can’t have the cake and eat it too’ is silly. It should be ‘You can’t eat the cake and still have it’ or something like it.

I wanted to know if there’s a reason for the ‘reverted’ #idiom and looked up its origin. And, lo and behold, the Wikipedia says, ‘my’ version ‘used to be the most common form of the #expression until the 1930s–1940s, when it was overtaken by the have-eat variant.’

Huh. The more you know.

#randomFact #language

It just occurred to me that the #English #FigureOfSpeech ‘You can’t have the cake and eat it too’ is silly. It should be ‘You can’t eat the cake and still have it’ or something like it.

I wanted to know if there’s a reason for the ‘reverted’ #idiom and looked up its origin. And, lo and behold, the Wikipedia says, ‘my’ version ‘used to be the most common form of the #expression until the 1930s–1940s, when it was overtaken by the have-eat variant.’

Huh. The more you know.

#randomFact #language

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: steadfast

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inspired by
@jo

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: steadfast

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

inspired by
@jo

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: steadfast

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

inspired by
@jo

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: steadfast

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

inspired by
@jo

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: rebus-style science

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#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: rebus-style science

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: rebus-style science

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#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

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Hint: rebus-style science

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#idiom : a group of words with a non-literal meaning

- German: die Redewendung

- Italian: espressione idiomatica

- Portuguese: idioma

- Spanish: modismo

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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form

#idiom : a group of words with a non-literal meaning

- German: die Redewendung

- Italian: espressione idiomatica

- Portuguese: idioma

- Spanish: modismo

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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form

#idiom : a group of words with a non-literal meaning

- German: die Redewendung

- Italian: espressione idiomatica

- Portuguese: idioma

- Spanish: modismo

------------

Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form

#idiom : a group of words with a non-literal meaning

- German: die Redewendung

- Italian: espressione idiomatica

- Portuguese: idioma

- Spanish: modismo

------------

Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

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Hint: infrastructure

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#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

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Hint: infrastructure

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#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

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Hint: infrastructure

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#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

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Hint: infrastructure

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"Good intentions, like fainting ladies, should always be carried out"

Has anyone else heard this saying? I grew up with it, and figured it was an #idiom that’s fairly common.

Only, I can’t find it on the internet.

CC: @grammargirl since she hears many odd phrases