Timeline for What is the meaning of "the hammer fell on an empty chamber"?
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| Sep 8, 2015 at 17:03 | comment | added | dodgethesteamroller | It doesn't help that the author mixes in another metaphor that would only be familiar to American English speakers--the term "Bingo!" | |
| S Aug 22, 2015 at 22:20 | history | suggested | Peter Mortensen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 22, 2015 at 20:37 | comment | added | Vectornaut | To repeat and expand on @VictorBazarov's comment: this is not an idiom. If you use the phrase "the hammer fell on an empty chamber" without context, I think some readers will be confused about what you mean, and even readers who guess what you mean will think the phrase sounds out of place. The phrase works here because of the earlier phrase "you're involved in a game of logic Russian roulette," which introduces the Russian roulette metaphor. | |
| Aug 22, 2015 at 19:58 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Aug 22, 2015 at 17:20 | vote | accept | Michael Rybkin | ||
| Aug 22, 2015 at 7:43 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglishLL/status/634994278385762304 | ||
| Aug 21, 2015 at 18:42 | answer | added | MsTiggy | timeline score: 16 | |
| Aug 21, 2015 at 18:35 | answer | added | Glorfindel♦ | timeline score: 10 | |
| Aug 21, 2015 at 18:31 | history | asked | Michael Rybkin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |