Talk:bitten-to-the-quick

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Not well defined, but SoP anyway. See (deprecated template usage) quick. DCDuring TALK 20:41, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

• Should be RFVed. Otherwise, keep. Ƿidsiþ 13:02, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Kept. bd2412 T 14:03, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

RFD discussion: April–August 2020

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bitten-to-the-quick

Seems NISoP to me, = bitten + to + the + quick#Noun. DCDuring (talk) 18:23, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

I see two issues here. The first is whether the phrase bite to the quick (and inflections) is eligible, which it probably is not as SoP; the second is that even if we had an entry for that, we shouldn't list bitten-to-the-quick separately because it is a hyphenated attributive form that essentially means nothing more than the unhyphenated phrase. (I am assuming that this entry is supposed to be for the attributive form; at least, the sole example is of that.) Delete. Mihia (talk) 19:27, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

I don't know if it changes anything, but there is usage for a figurative sense of "bite to the quick"- apparently a variant of cut to the quick. Chuck Entz (talk) 02:42, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

This underwent RFD before (with little input) and was kept; see Talk:bitten-to-the-quick. I would delete. (Also, why only fingernails and not toenails?) Equinox ◑ 19:52, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

I, for one, can't put my foot in my mouth. DonnanZ (talk) 09:12, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

You could put someone else's foot in your mouth. Equinox ◑ 10:48, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, but I don't fancy toe jam anyway... DonnanZ (talk) 11:27, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

I suddenly feel like rapping, ｜beaten｜to the｜punch｜and｜bitten｜to the｜quick｜...  --Lambiam 20:22, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Please don't. Mihia (talk) 00:26, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Delete, SOP. PUC – 19:58, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Deleted. — SGconlaw (talk) 20:05, 6 August 2020 (UTC)