No more bus throwing...

[Larry Gude]

...I am sick of the phrase "He threw him under the bus" when describing distancing of ones self or supposed sacrifice of an old ally due to inconvenient circumstances or other.

So, your challenge is two fold; Are we, as a free people, in agreement that we need a new phrase and, two, what would you suggest?

If in the next 24 hours we, the people, decide we've had enough of bus's and such and we have some good suggestions, then we shall vote, via yet another poll, on what the new phrase shall be.

If you do not exercise your right to participate, you will not be allowed to complain if you don't like the new one. Your concerns will be addressed by the new phrase.

 

[MMDad]

Bus is perfect when it is used correctly. No reason to get rid of it because there's nothing wrong with the phrase.

It should not have been used yesterday because nobody was thrown under the bus. Obama didn't ruin Wright, so he was not thrown under the bus.

 

[RoseRed]

I think you jumped the shark.

 

[Larry Gude]

That's...

Bus is perfect when it is used correctly. No reason to get rid of it because there's nothing wrong with the phrase.

It should not have been used yesterday because nobody was thrown under the bus. Obama didn't ruin Wright, so he was not thrown under the bus.

...the danger. You get all these free radicals running around using phrases inappropriately and no one calls them in it. Something needs to be done.

 

[Otter]

I have a dream that one day even the state of Maryland, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice where the words "thrown under the bus" shall be forever forbidden to pass upon our ears.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color or length of their bus but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

 

[itsbob]

Someone got kicked to the curb!

 

[Larry Gude]

Lol...

Someone got kicked to the curb!

 

[Chain729]

Would you like me to "forcefully place you beneath the big, yellow, moving hunk of metal?"

 

[godsbutterfly]

In this case he just "moved downwind from the stench"

 

[kris31280]

Personally, I like the phrase and rarely use it... only when I really really mean it :shrug:

 

[PsyOps]

So, your challenge is two fold; Are we, as a free people, in agreement that we need a new phrase and, two, what would you suggest?

Yes, and...

He shoved him into the pond of gaters.

"Look at those snappers, Ralph?"

 

[Queenofdenile1]

Yes, and...

He shoved him into the pond of gaters.

"Look at those snappers, Ralph?"

I like it...it's good.

I never knew what "Thrown under the bus" was until Rock of Love. Everyone was thrown under the bus on that show. I figured it out, doesn't take a genius. I like the saying but it's nice to have a variation. I've heard "Kick to the curb". My former roommate said that A LOT!! It's an oldie but a goodie.

 

[kris31280]

I like it...it's good.

I never knew what "Thrown under the bus" was until Rock of Love. Everyone was thrown under the bus on that show. I figured it out, doesn't take a genius. I like the saying but it's nice to have a variation. I've heard "Kick to the curb". My former roommate said that A LOT!! It's an oldie but a goodie.

It doesn't mean quite the same thing as "Kick to the curb", at least in my definition of both phrases.

"Throw under the bus" means to sacrafice someone else for your own gain.
"Kick to the curb" means to get rid of in a very negative way.

 

[Queenofdenile1]

It doesn't mean quite the same thing as "Kick to the curb", at least in my definition of both phrases.

"Throw under the bus" means to sacrafice someone else for your own gain.
"Kick to the curb" means to get rid of in a very negative way.

Yes, you're right. I had to think about it for a second. I guess when I read the mention of "Kick to the curb" I got sidetracked.

 

[Toxick]

...the danger. You get all these free radicals running around using phrases inappropriately and no one calls them in it. Something needs to be done.

I know.

When people do this, it literally makes my head explode.