Mind your ps and qs. What are ps and qs?
this post was submitted on 22 Mar 2025
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I've heard that it means pints and quarts, referring to beers. I feel like I've also heard it was a typesetter thing.
The Wikipedia entry on that one is a fun read. I've heard most of these possible origins before, but nobody is actually sure of the true origin of the phrase. It's kind of frustrating, but also pretty neat that we still use a phrase long after we forgot where it came from.
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It's not a common saying here and I assumed it meant to pay attention to detail, be meticulous and precise, like "dot the i’s and cross the t’s". 'p' and 'q' can be written similarly.
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You can lead a whore to water, but you can't make her douche.
Yap, still guessing
I know that one as “you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink”.
"it'll be a bloodbath in there!" *used for anything political wise.