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The phrase I’ve heard for this style of bet is “picking up nickels in front of a steamroller.”
by bradleyjg 6y ago
The phrase I’ve heard for this style of bet is “picking up nickels in front of a steamroller.”
- curryst 6y agoMy mental image of a steamroller is slow, so they're dodgeable. I don't think I've ever seen one in real life, come to think of it, so maybe that's just me. I would have called it "Russian roulette". High reward, high chance of an unavoidable catastrophic loss.
- Skunkleton 6y agoYep, that is the point. Usually, there is no problem picking up the nickles. Every once in a while, you trip, bonk your head, pass out, then do your best impression of a sheet of paper.