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Leading a Horse to water in Soviet Russia

An alternative to the saying, “you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t get him to drink”.

Since Chernobyl is a highly radioactive area...death is certain if you remain there for too long.
-Leading a Horse to water in Soviet Russia- Example Below for better use and help to understand old proverb...
American: “here we say you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t get him to drink”
Russian: “in Soviet Russia they used to say something like that too! Except it went... you can lead a horse to water, but you can also lead your horse to Chernobyl! And then you’re both fucked!”
American: “cold world huh”
Russian: “nope just Siberian Winter
-Leading a Horse to Water in Soviet Russia-
by Smoke and Fork Banger’s Club November 7, 2018
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Lead Sled

A big old heavy car that handles like a boat and may or may not go fast in a straight line
This old lead sled may be fast in a drag race, but if you think you can take that winding mountain pass at any speed in it, you're crazy
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Lead Stare

Typically common with boomers and most of early gen x as most of the products they used back in the day were lead based (i.e. paint, toys, utensils) this causes an issue with attention span, how the world perceives you, and personal relationships as these people tend to have no souls. Similar to the 1000 yard stare.

this term pretty much means ur old, alone, and hate the world you live in

All though they’re known to terrorize minimum wage workers and anybody under the age of 25, these people are not in the same category as Karens. Often times these people will stare and disassociate during conversations with others & take extra time to process information.
“do yall got any senior discounts? *lead stare*”
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get a lead on

It is typically used to mean that someone has obtained useful information that will help them to progress in a venture or task.
1."We finally got a lead on a girl"
2. "I've been looking for a job for weeks, but now I've got a lead from an old classmate on a potential opportunity."
3. "We will get a lead on this case soon"
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Red lead

"My mother was inside, cooking the meat for the gravy. You know, red lead -- pork bones and veal. It was a Sunday."
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All roads lead to rome

No matter what path you take, you will always end up in the same place. Represents an inevitabilistic worldview, one where you cannot do anything to change what will happen. That what is happening, no matter how bad it seems, was destined to happen. All

Rome symbolizes something you can't avoid. Could be a place. A feeling. A person. And thus, the detached emotional state of finding yourself in a lonely and depressing, yet familiar situation. Or, it could represent life and death. In a lifetime, you lose everything. People you know; people you love, and eventually, yourself. There is nothing you can do to stop the cycle of life from occurring.

Life is a constant struggle of moving on from the things that happened in the past. People lie to you. Bad things happen to you. Can you really forget these things? No, you always end up back in Rome.

The white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, commonly associated with this statement, symbolizes the anxiety caused by the unstoppable passage of time. Time is always ticking, and time is the separation between past loss, current joy, and future loss. Slowly but surely, you will lose everything until you experience the ultimate loss: Your life.

No matter what, all good things must come to an end.
Person 1: No matter what, every relationship I'm in ends in heartbreak. Is it all my fault?
Person 2: No, son, all roads lead to Rome.

Person 1: I love video games. However, every time I have fun on a game, it eventually gets boring, and I switch to a new game. The cycle never ends.

Person 2: You're just wasting time, kid. All roads lead to Rome.
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Shift Lead

The position everyone strives to be. Must be tall, handsome and ready to go above and beyond for any needs within his crew.
wow I want to be a shift lead just like that handsome man with sweaty muscles some day
by jaren 696969696 June 19, 2019
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