Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Going off half-cocked

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The result of the debate was delete. Dmcdevit·t 06:10, August 13, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Going off half-cocked

Wikipedia is not a dictionary. I already copied the text to Wiktionary and transwikied the sole link. I do not think redirect serves any purpose here. Robert A West 22:56, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

• *thumbs up* In a few words: Dicdef, transwiki, speedy delete once it's moved. ;) --FreelanceWizard 23:11, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
• We could redirect this to List of idioms in the English language instead. Nandesuka 17:12, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Same for "Lock, stock and barrel," I assume? Robert A West 03:49, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
  • This is not really an idiom If you know what half-cock is, then the phrase reduces to a garden-variety metaphor. It is only mysterious because the term refers to an obsolete technology. Robert A West 21:43, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

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