To: jimmygrace
A petard was an explosive device.
11 posted on
10/10/2018 9:50:21 AM PDT by
ClearCase_guy
(The MSM is in the business of creating a fake version of reality for political reasons.)
To: ClearCase_guy
I heard one translation of “petard” was “fart”.
Of course for some, they might be both explosion and fart.
21 posted on
10/10/2018 10:39:35 AM PDT by
rlmorel
(Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
To: ClearCase_guy
“A petard was an explosive device.”
Yes originally, but in common usage has come to be a figure of speech that means anything that does someone in by their own foibles.
27 posted on
10/10/2018 10:54:00 AM PDT by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
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