OP - it definitely helped (and I'm glad my comments help, too)
They either wouldn't want to be reminded or be all "meh, it's just a line. Nobody is getting killed, I can put my brain on standby"
Dancing around the subject, that's the phrase I was looking for! Thanks! Also, no need to apologize, languages are fascinating and this fandom is just the perfect place to play with them.
> A-Plus Boundary Drawing, well done, great job, excellent example. D- in Sticking To Them. (And only because Joe successfully (?) revised history and rules-lawyered them out of an F.)
Re: Give An Inch (Fall A Mile): Joe/Nicky, Moving Goalposts (5b/?)
They either wouldn't want to be reminded or be all "meh, it's just a line. Nobody is getting killed, I can put my brain on standby"
Dancing around the subject, that's the phrase I was looking for! Thanks! Also, no need to apologize, languages are fascinating and this fandom is just the perfect place to play with them.
> A-Plus Boundary Drawing, well done, great job, excellent example. D- in Sticking To Them. (And only because Joe successfully (?) revised history and rules-lawyered them out of an F.)
ROTFL!