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0 pointsCPLX5y ago0 comments

> If it truly did fall of the truck

lol

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baby5y ago

Seeing reactions like GP’s I’m surprised at how many people don’t know this expression.

I thought it was an euphemism because they couldn't reveal who gave it to them. Confessing it was stolen, even as an euphemism, is too blatant to be taken seriously IMO.

bawolff5y ago

Even if you didn't, i think its pretty obvious from context.

f38zf5vdt5y ago

If English is your second language, you may not have come across it. It's a very informal and infrequent idiom.

baby5y ago

FWIW we have the exact same expression in French “c’est tombé du camion”

CloselyChunky5y ago

Dito for German: "vom Laster gefallen"

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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baby5y ago

Seeing reactions like GP’s I’m surprised at how many people don’t know this expression.

ASalazarMX5y ago

I thought it was an euphemism because they couldn't reveal who gave it to them. Confessing it was stolen, even as an euphemism, is too blatant to be taken seriously IMO.

bawolff5y ago

Even if you didn't, i think its pretty obvious from context.

f38zf5vdt5y ago

If English is your second language, you may not have come across it. It's a very informal and infrequent idiom.

baby5y ago

FWIW we have the exact same expression in French “c’est tombé du camion”

CloselyChunky5y ago

Dito for German: "vom Laster gefallen"

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse