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Bring home the bagels, not the bacon: animal rights activists urge us to change idioms

Bring home the bagels, not the bacon: animal rights activists urge us to change idioms

Allan Rose Hill
Sep 23, 2024
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Bring home the bagels, not the bacon: animal rights activists urge us to change idioms
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An idiom is a commonly used phrase or expression whose meaning is different from the literal meanings of the individual words, and animal rights activists want us to change some common ones.

"Sayings such as 'kill two birds with one stone,' 'beat a dead horse,' and "bring home the bacon' all normalize violent acts against som…

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