For example, if you said that someone had been fooled by something, would they take offense and think you’re calling them a fool or foolish?

What if you say someone’s been “played for a fool”?

  • kambusha@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Kinda funny how its probably survived much longer because of the improvisation, but yeah, I get why you wouldn’t want to say that.