[HairOfTheDog]

Here is something I just learned on another thread.

The origin of the phrase "Shoot one's self in the foot"

"You're probably familiar with the original meaning and context of this phrase, but for the benefit of others, I want to point out that shooting oneself in the foot was understood to be not accidental but deliberate, a way for battle-funking soldiers to render themselves more or less honorably [out of] combat."

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I love learning where well-known phrases come from.

I was going to offer a few myself, but I can't think of any off the top of my head. Oh well.

[2Jedismom]

I like to call this "OT's Nightmare"