APAD: denial is not a river in Egypt

denial is not a river in Egypt

Etymology: A pun on the river Nile.

(humorous) Used to point out that somebody is in a state of psychological denial.

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• How about: agree is not a grey:) -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 08:15:50

• 触类旁通 -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 08:28:26

• +100086 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 15:07:54

• Yale is not jail -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 08:44:07

• Hahahaha -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 09:14:16

• This was the one I missed at beginning! -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 09:16:13

• But this two are not rhyming words -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 09:45:56

• Pronunciation is close -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 15:07:11

• 这是我特别注意的发音，英文很容易发成Chinglish了：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 15:38:29

• Such a versatile phrase to tell anyone I argue with :-) -7grizzly- ♂ (88 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 08:22:44

• 哈哈，a nice application！：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 09:46:37

• Heard 4 the1st time. It's hard to reason w/ those in denial. -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 09:00:33

• Attempted to mimic one，but failed. ：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 09:44:56

• Your smile exceeds a mile by a letter s -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 15:03:24

• A good one！：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 15:47:44

• This one reminds me another idiom that has a river in it -甜虫虫- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 09:46:17

• Cry me a river :) -甜虫虫- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 09:46:29

• 花帅，新年快乐！ -甜虫虫- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 09:47:03

• cry me a flood, 新年快乐 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2024 postreply 14:00:25