Never (Don't) bring (take) a knife to a gunfight (gun fight) (1989)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 01:35:48 EDT, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

>... Well like the old  saying goes: "He was so stupid.. bringing a knife
>to a gunfight."
>
>_alt.sex_ (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.sex?hl=en)
>- Dec 3 1989, 11:31 pm  by --SeebS-- - 14 messages - 11 authors

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_San Francisco Chronicle_, Dec. 12, 1987, p. D2 (Factiva)
"Letters to the Green"
We're gonna rip into your Bears so bad that nothing will give you solace.
The Midway Morons are going to realize they shouldn't have brought a knife
to a gunfight.
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(The Niners fan was vindicated, as it turned out... the Bears lost that
game 41-0, and Coach Ditka memorably tossed his gum at some heckling
fans.)


--Ben Zimmer