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anonymarstoday at 2:40 AM1 replyview on HN

Okay, I'll be directly aggressive. They were helpful and added thoughtful discussion, while your response added nothing but bitterness

That they were responding to someone else who couldn't see how it worked means it wasn't just pedantic nitpicking


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ryan_j_naughtontoday at 3:37 AM

I concur. I found this discussion on the phrase very enlightening and aided both my understanding of the idiom and how I should use it in the future.

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