Talk:eat lead

RFV discussion: May 2018

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to eat lead

Slang term, meaning "to be shot at". Is it attestable? --Per utramque cavernam 08:37, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

As a term meaning "be shot", I'm sure it is, though I've only seen it used in movies and television- it's a bit over the top. Chuck Entz (talk) 10:06, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

• We also have bite the dust. I've only ever heard the two terms in old Westerns. SemperBlotto (talk) 10:09, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

I'd be curious to see what the idiomatic translations to these are. I'm sure the owners of the rights to those old Westerns would like us to clarify the meaning of the terms and make idiomatic translations available. DCDuring (talk) 17:48, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

The script to Treehouse of Horror III from The Simpsons has the line "Eat lead, Einstein!" Khemehekis (talk) 00:29, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

This is cited. Kiwima (talk) 21:04, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 20:40, 30 May 2018 (UTC)