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The water that hardens the egg softens the potato is a Russian saying that means everyone reacts to stressful circumstances differently. It is often used in the context of trauma.
"Rachel's mom just died and a week later she's back to school. Meanwhile, I'm strugling to get out of bed, just because my hamster died. I feel so shitty."
"Dude, don't beat yourself up about it. The water that hardens the egg softens the potato. "
"Dude, don't beat yourself up about it. The water that hardens the egg softens the potato. "
by CrazyandIknowit March 29, 2021
May 12 Word of the Day
When someone goes to the gym and spends 90% of the time on their phones scrolling through social media
Looks like its thumb day again for Jimmy with his usual routing... 3 sets of 5 snapchat selfies and 10 sets of scrolling through facebook until exhaustion
by Gary br April 02, 2017