horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear war

Even though you missed it by a tiny amount, you still didn't get there.

A time when there is no positive effect, or will be no positive effects, because of your actions".

With horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear war, you can miss your target, or goal, but still have some positive effect.

Luke : "Are you ready to go? We have to get to the airport, NOW!"
Chris :"I'm close"
Luke : "Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear war".

Zach : "I was so close to getting that job"
Matt : "Yeah, but close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear war".

by EdwardW266 May 2, 2011

You Can Stop Worrying About Grenades Now

The words of the German Operator Jäger as he places his Active Defense System.

Jäger: YOU CAN STOP WORRYING ABOUT GRENADES NOW!!
Everyone else on defense: Holy shit calm your self Jäger.

by ItzaChaoza June 19, 2018

Playing baseball with an ax and a grenade

A phrase used in reaponse to to someone else’s unnecessarily risky behavior.

Johnny: Did you hear that Bruce is going to be free climbing the Grand Canyon upside down and blindfolded, all the while having a rattlesnake coiled around his penis!?
Gregor: well, he sure is playing baseball with an ax and a grenade.

by The Earl of Sandwiches May 9, 2018

taking a grenade

The act of flirting or having sex with an ugly member of a group so that the way is cleared for your friends to access the more attractive members of the group.

The responsibility of a "wingman".

Ok Joe, you'll be taking a grenade tonight with the crazy one so I can get with Collette.

by Rob Prime June 5, 2014

Grenade X Grace

The universal sign of love.

"Oh my god you guys are such love doves, you acting just like Grenade x Grace."

by Ranger man July 8, 2022

Squirrel Grenade

An obfuscating line of argument intended to distract from the issue at hand by throwing out minor distractions scurrying in all directions away from the truth. Coined on Twitter by Asha Rangappa during DNI congressional testimony on September 26, 2019.

I was caught red-handed bribing a foreign official, so I quickly dropped a squirrel grenade to get congress to look into the former Vice President, his son's business dealings, and insufficient european foreign aid.

by P.N. Threnady September 26, 2019

Grenade

An overweight, undesirable woman that one must jump on so a friend can get with a prettier girl.

“Nah dude, she’s a grenade.”
“I ain’t gonna hit that again, she a grenade”

by Hannes Rautie February 5, 2020