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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(2)
If it did not shoot, its morale came under question.
Coming in waves at the Privateers, Florida won big even though it did not shoot well or succeed much with its trademark full-court press.
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"It didn't shoot up the way the market has in the U.K. and parts of the U.S.," he said.
It's just OK I didn't shoot myself out of it but I didn't make up ground on the field".
"I thought they were going to boo me one time because I didn't shoot it," Williams joked.
And I didn't shoot it, Sofia takes all the credit for that.
You don't want to shoot it, don't shoot it.
Thankfully it doesn't shoot out a laser beam or reveal Sepp Blatter.
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".
David's Uncle Maury had told him a long time ago, "It don't shoot flat, throw the fuckin' thing away".
It doesn't shoot anything.
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