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Nice, but nit: this is not what a "useful idiot" usually means.
by mbork_pl 3y ago
Nice, but nit: this is not what a "useful idiot" usually means.
- vxNsr 3y agoIt’s an ironic use of the term.
- altacc 3y agoI live in a country where English is not the native language and the idiom is not in common usage, so the literal translation works. Sometimes I often wonder if it would be useful for more internet forums to allow users to add a flair to denote they are non US, as the assumption on so many sites is that everyone is US and living on the east or west coast.
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- mbork_pl 3y agoI think I agree in general, but in this case he "idiom" (in fact, more of a metaphor, I guess) is actually Russian and just translated literally into English.