Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoWhat are some insults in English that will make non-native speakers have to ask someone their meaning?message-squaremessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some insults in English that will make non-native speakers have to ask someone their meaning?Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square105fedilink
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI have no idea how it started being used that way, but it’s true, there’s nothing fun about a wet blanket.
minus-squaremarquisalex@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoYou’d use a wet blanket to smother a fire.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI suppose so, although a proper fire blanket would be even better.
I have no idea how it started being used that way, but it’s true, there’s nothing fun about a wet blanket.
You’d use a wet blanket to smother a fire.
I suppose so, although a proper fire blanket would be even better.