HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Shitty Ask Lemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 month agoWhy didn't people in the middle ages just avoid the plague like the plague? Were they stupid?message-squaremessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareWhy didn't people in the middle ages just avoid the plague like the plague? Were they stupid?HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Shitty Ask Lemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squareAeao@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoThey did. Your confusion is on the meaning of the commonly used phrase. Avoid it like the plague actually means you’re going to do almost nothing but hope you don’t die.
They did. Your confusion is on the meaning of the commonly used phrase.
Avoid it like the plague actually means you’re going to do almost nothing but hope you don’t die.