sticks and stones
English
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Phrase
- (idiomatic) Ellipsis of sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
- 1957, Brendan Gill, The Day the Money Stopped
- ‘You cheap dead-beat son of a bitch.’ / ‘Sticks and stones.’
- 1993, The Independent, 15 May
- He has come through the worst and now presents a stoical ‘sticks and stones’ front to his detractors.
- 2003, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (film)
- Elizabeth Swann: You're despicable!
- Jack Sparrow: Sticks and stones, love.
- 1957, Brendan Gill, The Day the Money Stopped
- (idiomatic) any obsolete technology (usually of military and law enforcement purposes) when used in comparison to state of the art technology used by the competitors
Translations
sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me — see sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me
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