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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The opposite of skeletons in your closet is no skeletons in your closet, not skeletons in the front yard. LOL

[–] Mozingo@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

He said "Idiom continuity". That doesn't mean they all have to be opposites, he's just extending the metaphors in whatever direction he fancies.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Skeletons in your pantry: Your dark cooking experiments when you were drunk, high, or broke

[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just realized that going up in flames and going down in flames are both very bad.

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

One way's flammable

The other's inflammable

[–] fidodo@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

"going sideways" is also bad. I guess the moral of that idiom is that directions are bad?

I guess "going forwards intact" would be the good version.

[–] muddi@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's "go up in flames" right? So the opposite would be "not catch on fire?"

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Go down in water.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Extinguished forward, but stopped

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"going sideways" is also bad.

“Going forward in flames” is what it should be. You’re in flames, but you’re not going up, down, or sideways (all bad), but just going forward knowing the flames will probably subside.

[–] walter_wiggles@lemmy.nz 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I can't figure out the bag of cats one

[–] ma11en@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

If someone 'lets the cat out of the bag' they have shared secrets.

[–] hallettj@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

If you've got a whole bag it means you haven't let any out

[–] Iraglassceiling@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I haven’t enjoyed any of Nathan Pyles content since I found out he is pro forced birth/anti choice.

Fuck that guy.

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 8 points 2 years ago

Boo, let’s just steal it and cut his name out!

[–] Facelikeapotato@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

Oh, that's disappointing.

[–] sag@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

What it mean?

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 8 points 2 years ago

“Up shit creek with a paddle” - you’re in trouble, but you’ve got the means to get through it (tho it will stink)

[–] Kandorr@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

The jig remains down.

[–] rothaine@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Me trying to figure out how "towel" is the opposite of "phone", smh

[–] Stretch2m@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Opposite of throw in the towel.

[–] elegantgoat1@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Consistency?

Edit: Funny though!

[–] fidodo@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Continuity is consistency across a spectrum.

[–] elegantgoat1@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I can buy that. My thought was that there is no spectrum here though. Just two points.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think it's continuity, like a spectrum. At one end is thin ice, the other is thick ice. etc

[–] elegantgoat1@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I think that's wrong. Since they are discrete and not a continuum. Since there are only two extremes.

If his new relationships were true it would make the opposite idioms consistent with their non-opposite counterparts. Kind of the same concept as a contrapositive proposition, i.e. 'if A then B' implies 'if not A then not B'.