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AWA

"After Whites, Armageddon" is a common trope in science fiction stories. Good guys dressed in light colors come to save the day. They leave, and villains in black costumes come and screw things up. Happens all the time.

Oh dear, another AWA on Planet Yeti. Warp factor 5!

by fche November 5, 2023

kick the can

Figurative complaint about someone's unwillingness to confront a problem of the day, by instead letting someone else handle it later. By that time the problem will be worse.

They can't balance the budget; they just kick the can down the road.

by fche May 29, 2013