To explain a joke. If you have to take apart a joke and explain how it works, like a frog, you will kill it, removing all humor that might have been left.
by gurzil April 24, 2006
by Q&A April 21, 2017
Usage: A more unique way to say the highly overused "killing two birds with one stone."
Origin: Truly legendary members of native tribes that inhabit the lush rainforests of this planet have been rumored to possess the incredible ability of being able to kill multiple frogs with a single blowgun dart from exactly the right angle.
Origin: Truly legendary members of native tribes that inhabit the lush rainforests of this planet have been rumored to possess the incredible ability of being able to kill multiple frogs with a single blowgun dart from exactly the right angle.
We can kill two frogs with one dart by doing that biochemical experiment!
With her blowgun, the hunter killed two poison dart frogs with a poisonous dart that was coated in poison from poison dart frogs.
With her blowgun, the hunter killed two poison dart frogs with a poisonous dart that was coated in poison from poison dart frogs.
by AttiFinch April 13, 2011
To explain a joke or overanalyse any source of humour, especially when doing so renders it unfunny.
Taken from the expression commonly ascribed to E.B. White: "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process."
Taken from the expression commonly ascribed to E.B. White: "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process."
Joke teller: "haha, do you get it? Because that's the only reason a chicken would reasonably WANT to cross a road, regardless of any extra context."
Joke recipient: "way to kill the frog..."
Joke recipient: "way to kill the frog..."
by ruby_wired September 28, 2023