Idiom
Don't shoot the messenger.
This phrase can be used when breaking some bad news to someone and you don't want to be blamed for the news.
Exact(19)
You don't want to shoot it, don't shoot it.
"I don't know why more kids don't shoot it".
"There are nights when you don't shoot it well and then I guess there are these nights," Houston said.
Many Americans who have learned to drink mezcal learned from Ron Cooper, a Southern California artist who takes credit for the phrase "sip it, don't shoot it".
"Their zone, it's almost, on paper, a nightmare matchup for us because we don't shoot it well from three," Paige said.
"What I really am is a liar," Hope wrote in "Don't Shoot, It's Only Me," a book about his comedy.
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Look for the red light in a car, if its on, do not shoot it.
Do not shoot it, especially with Pack-A-Punched weapons, as this increases its power.
If you make complex edits to your video footage or do not shoot it smoothly, then the data for all these changes from one frame of video to another must be saved during compression.
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"We didn't shoot it very well.
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