Post 9jOTbPIr4oPhLoCleq by zoey@freedom.horse
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 (DIR) Post #9jOTbPIr4oPhLoCleq by zoey@freedom.horse
       2019-06-01T05:56:14Z
       
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       as much as i like saying it, "deep into the weeds" is a very bad turn of phrase. like it doesn't make sense.  you kinda know that the metaphorical weeds are problems or details, but 'weeds' do not evoke 'detail' nearly as much as 'irritant, blotch, problem'. It is not a pleasing metaphor. and when you think about it, isn't that what all of these idioms boil down to?
       
 (DIR) Post #9jOTbPPEh5W9fbBrbU by proto@es.muy.moe
       2019-06-01T06:01:45Z
       
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       @zoey back when I was a kid and would still go outdoors, we'd lose a baseball or w/e in the un-mowed part of the yard (the "weeds") pretty regularly and then we'd start pacing around in the weeds hoping to trip over it.I don't see the "weeds" in this aphorism as "irritants" so much as, like... the less-travelled parts of whatever we're talking aboutI have no idea if this toot makes any sense :pika_wut: