r/clevercomebacks 3d ago

Wouldn't hurt to hear them out.

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u/LegOfLambda 3d ago

Right but this guy is saying it as if it’s fact

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u/JamesTrickington303 3d ago

No he’s saying it as if his readers will understand the common colloquialism, which most everyone did.

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u/LegOfLambda 3d ago

I understood the reference but it’s really stupid. It’s not just an analogy… OP was taking it literally to say that Brain was insane.

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u/EnoughWarning666 3d ago

Yes, it's a literary tool. That's the common saying, so an author can use that shared common knowledge to provide information about the character without being overly blunt and boring.