alt Hacker News"I wish them well" is an idiom for "I never want to see them again".
Kinda like "bless your heart", which means nothing of the sort.
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DANmode • yesterday at 6:14 AM
but should it be?
"I wish them well" is an idiom for "I never want to see them again".
Kinda like "bless your heart", which means nothing of the sort.
but should it be?
Why do non-Southerners keep insisting on this? Bless your heart can be said sincerely or ironically, like pretty much any other phrase.