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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.
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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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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.
by illwhatibleed October 6, 2025
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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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lead-plated-gold moment

When you/someone mixes up the subject and the object of a sentence.
Me: Is it possible to lead plate gold?
Roommate: Yes... but why the fuck would you want to do that?
Me: Because... *facepalm*
Roommate: Yet another brilliant lead-plated-gold moment, brought to you by lack of sleep!
by Dr. WubWub March 5, 2015
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Years of Lead Paint

Neologism proposing the current (or future) era of American political violence as being comparable to the Italian “Years of Lead”. Modified to make reference to the side effects of lead exposure.
Did you hear what happened today?”

“Yeah, I think we’re in the Years of Lead Paint now”
by UrbanDefiners September 10, 2025
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no lead in their pencil

A slang comment relating to cowardly people, those with no backbone, lacking courage or character. It also means the inability to gain an erection during sex.
'Ironically the French terrorists who attacked Charlie Hebdo had no lead in their pencils. Also, it is rumoured that they had no lead in their pencils'
by ZJ3EF January 8, 2015
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Site Lead

Site Lead is a MNC coined job title for the incompetent person who they should have made Managing Director of the business but per experience had to choose her/him as the head of the business who operationally manages the Site and nothing more than that. All the decisions are made by their global counterpart.
Michael Scott is a great Site Lead. He is good with office operations and throwing parties. Poor guy, can't take shots, his decisions are made by his boss sitting in San Diego.
by sesha36 August 15, 2021
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