Meaning of clue-by-four | Babel Free

Definitions

A notional weapon used to knock sense into the clueless.

figuratively, humorous, informal

Examples

“If I think they're a jerk who's using a march to show how cool and open minded they are, I pull out the ol' clue by four.”

“1998, TCurryFan, Re: Carlos and Ashley?, alt.fan.power-rangers, http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.power-rangers/msg/46e0bac76b6c462d?dmode=source&hl=en Nah... I'm not gonna waste a good clue-by-four on someone with no brain...”

“Sometimes the magic "clue-by-four" is so obvious that even your oblivious rock-headed uncle picks up on it.”

“We also keep a traditional clue-by-four and a training brick. You know, for when the problem is wetware-related.”

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