Timeline for Idiom for doing something intentionally despite knowing the outcome might be bad
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Sep 14, 2015 at 6:11 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/643306038536613888 | ||
Sep 12, 2015 at 6:57 | answer | added | user86291 | timeline score: 0 | |
Sep 11, 2015 at 7:39 | comment | added | rism | In your opening sentence you say "[might] be bad", but in your closing sentence you say "[knew] .. negative outcome". Those are two different starting points for the decision to do x and therefore have two different motivations. | |
Sep 11, 2015 at 7:31 | comment | added | rism | If risk is a key element, then "to chance your arm" might be appropriate. But this phrase infers the potential for some gain, so if you're leaning more towards deliberate self destruction then "chancing your arm" doesn't apply. | |
S Sep 10, 2015 at 9:47 | answer | added | Chris Petheram | timeline score: 0 | |
S Sep 10, 2015 at 9:47 | history | protected | CommunityBot | ||
Sep 10, 2015 at 5:46 | answer | added | Giacomo1968 | timeline score: 0 | |
Sep 10, 2015 at 3:55 | answer | added | Wayfaring Stranger | timeline score: 1 | |
Sep 10, 2015 at 3:40 | history | edited | 200_success | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Sep 9, 2015 at 23:39 | answer | added | Luke | timeline score: 1 | |
Sep 9, 2015 at 22:56 | comment | added | Beta | ...Or is it disregard for (or blindness to) consequences? Or sad, self-destructive behavior? Or... What are the bad foreseeable consequences of going to the cinema, and knowing them, why does he go? | |
Sep 9, 2015 at 22:28 | answer | added | altaltpow | timeline score: 2 | |
Sep 9, 2015 at 22:13 | answer | added | hatchet - done with SOverflow | timeline score: 1 | |
Sep 9, 2015 at 21:59 | answer | added | lukebrandt | timeline score: 2 | |
Sep 9, 2015 at 20:08 | answer | added | Joyce Silva | timeline score: 0 | |
Sep 9, 2015 at 19:25 | answer | added | Doug Warren | timeline score: 0 | |
Sep 9, 2015 at 18:35 | answer | added | ErikE | timeline score: 0 | |
Sep 9, 2015 at 18:30 | comment | added | Ejaz |
Playing close to chest
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Sep 9, 2015 at 17:42 | answer | added | A B | timeline score: 4 | |
Sep 9, 2015 at 15:57 | answer | added | wazzy | timeline score: 0 | |
Sep 9, 2015 at 7:04 | comment | added | MvG | How likely is the bad outcome? Does he do the action in question because the benefits (e.g. of knowing for certain) outweight the risk, or is the risk greater than the benefits but the person feels driven to take that risk anyway? | |
Sep 9, 2015 at 4:57 | comment | added | Keith | Is the behaviour around acting in spite of the negative outcome, or acting to deliberately incite that outcome? And if the latter, is it to gain perverse benefit/pleasure from the effect on others or the person acting? | |
Sep 9, 2015 at 3:11 | answer | added | Thomas Andrews | timeline score: 0 | |
Sep 9, 2015 at 3:06 | comment | added | DA. | I tend to call this 'life' :) | |
Sep 9, 2015 at 0:54 | comment | added | Mitch | Can you give the full word for word translation (or the original in Hindi or Urdu)? (so that we can try to get all the nuances straight). | |
Sep 8, 2015 at 21:26 | answer | added | Matt Campbell | timeline score: 15 | |
Sep 8, 2015 at 21:18 | answer | added | delliottg | timeline score: 7 | |
Sep 8, 2015 at 21:14 | comment | added | user3293145 | @mitch It is an idiom in Urdu/ Hindi language | |
Sep 8, 2015 at 20:57 | answer | added | Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams | timeline score: 9 | |
Sep 8, 2015 at 19:38 | comment | added | Graffito | He is a "masochist" if he is gratified by pain, degradation, etc., that is self-imposed or he is a "stoic person" if he accepts what happens without complaining or showing emotion. | |
Sep 8, 2015 at 19:29 | answer | added | Travis J | timeline score: 6 | |
Sep 8, 2015 at 18:40 | answer | added | Sam Friedman | timeline score: 3 | |
Sep 8, 2015 at 18:25 | comment | added | GEdgar | He is a risk-taker. | |
Sep 8, 2015 at 18:07 | answer | added | JHCL | timeline score: 33 | |
Sep 8, 2015 at 18:07 | review | Close votes | |||
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Sep 8, 2015 at 17:56 | comment | added | Mitch | What original language is this? | |
Sep 8, 2015 at 17:52 | history | edited | Matt E. Эллен | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Sep 8, 2015 at 17:47 | answer | added | Aliakbar Ujjainwala | timeline score: 6 | |
Sep 8, 2015 at 17:36 | review | First posts | |||
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Sep 8, 2015 at 17:33 | history | asked | user3293145 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |