An overused joke/reference to Skyrim. It goes by: "I used to do/be/have/etc. a <whatever you used to do/be/have/etc>, but then I took an arrow to the knee."
Most of the time, it it completely unrelated and makes you look like an idiot.
Most of the time, it it completely unrelated and makes you look like an idiot.
1. I used to have a house, but I took an arrow to the knee.
2. I used to write "arrow to the knee jokes", but I took an arrow to the knee.
2. I used to write "arrow to the knee jokes", but I took an arrow to the knee.
by AwesomeGuy123456 December 31, 2011
Meme based on a quote from Bethesda's RPG, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Guards would frequently tell the player "I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow in the knee." The Internet joke modifies the independent clause to make it relevant to the topic.
I used to think arrow in the knee jokes were funny, but then I took an arrow in the knee. It wasn't funny.
by Brawldud March 04, 2012
Lots of people say "arrow to the knee" on the Internet, as part of an overused Skyrim joke. I have no idea why—all the guards say "arrow IN the knee".
by Anonymous938743 May 23, 2013
Based on one of the default conversations of guards in the game TES V: Skyrim.
If you talk to the guards they say "I was an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee".
And it really gets annoying after playing the game for some time.
So people started coming up with catch phrases like "I used to be <insert something OP here>, but then I took an arrow in the knee."
If you talk to the guards they say "I was an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee".
And it really gets annoying after playing the game for some time.
So people started coming up with catch phrases like "I used to be <insert something OP here>, but then I took an arrow in the knee."
by welt_protoss December 15, 2011
In Nordic/Scandinavian countries, "taking an arrow to the knee" meant that you are getting married/already got married. It refers to when we propose, we fall to one knee, comparing it to when a man gets shot in the leg, he, of course, falls to one knee.
Like most definitions already posted the most popular example comes from Skyrim: "I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee". The guards are married, and can't go out adventurer, not crippled.
by Researchbot August 12, 2015
1. The proper way to say arrow to the knee. Idk why everybody says arrow TO the knee when he clearly says arrow in the knee.
2. The thing you try to fit in to every website possible.
2. The thing you try to fit in to every website possible.
1. Noob: I was gonna make breakfast, but then I took an arrow to the knee.
Me: No! Its arrow IN the knee!
2. I was going to write a definition on urban dictionary, but then I took an arrow in the knee.
Me: No! Its arrow IN the knee!
2. I was going to write a definition on urban dictionary, but then I took an arrow in the knee.
by Pokagba mo December 15, 2011
“I Took an Arrow in the Knee” is a catchphrase from the video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Can most commonly be seen as comments on youtube, hoping other gamers will recognize the comment and give it a thumbs up. or recognize the inside joke on a random video.
Also used as a reason you're no longer doing something awesome.
Can most commonly be seen as comments on youtube, hoping other gamers will recognize the comment and give it a thumbs up. or recognize the inside joke on a random video.
Also used as a reason you're no longer doing something awesome.
"i used to hunt crocodiles, until I took an arrow in the knee"
"I used to think Nothing Else Matters, until I took an arrow in the knee"
"I used to think Nothing Else Matters, until I took an arrow in the knee"
by Gemini.crickit December 10, 2011