HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Shitty Ask Lemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-23 days agoWhy didn't people in the middle ages just avoid the plague like the plague? Were they stupid?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up138
arrow-up138message-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-23 days agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareAeao@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days 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.