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俚语 kill the frog
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kill the frog

To explain a joke. If you have to take apart a joke and explain how it works, like a frog, you will kill it, removing all humor that might have been left.
Joe: I really don't get that joke.
Ted: Would somebody kill the frog for Joe please?

Kill the frog

Start the day with a task you're continuously postponing.
' Oh no I don't want to do this Twitter analysis ' .

' Let's just kill the frog'

kill two frogs with one dart

Usage: A more unique way to say the highly overused "killing two birds with one stone."
Origin: Truly legendary members of native tribes that inhabit the lush rainforests of this planet have been rumored to possess the incredible ability of being able to kill multiple frogs with a single blowgun dart from exactly the right angle.
We can kill two frogs with one dart by doing that biochemical experiment!

With her blowgun, the hunter killed two poison dart frogs with a poisonous dart that was coated in poison from poison dart frogs.

kill the frog

To explain a joke or overanalyse any source of humour, especially when doing so renders it unfunny.
Taken from the expression commonly ascribed to E.B. White: "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process."
Joke teller: "haha, do you get it? Because that's the only reason a chicken would reasonably WANT to cross a road, regardless of any extra context."
Joke recipient: "way to kill the frog..."
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