Riddle Me This
This came up at work last week and I want opinions:
I've always been under the impression that when something happens and someone gets to a point where it's only going to get worse, the appropriate expression is, "It's all downhill from here." However, Emilie so logically pointed out that going downhill is easy, so it should be, "It's all uphill from here." So, now I'm in a quandry. She makes a valid point-when life's a breeze, things are going downhill in that it's a smooth easy ride. Does this make any sense? Help me out here.
posted by Jess @ 11:46 PM
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4 Comments:
Because when you hit the bottom of the hill you die.
1 point for downhill?
because the top of the hill is the climax or best part. everything on the way down is not as good or simply concluding the story. not nearly as interesting as the climb up the hill nor the climax. its kind of like...the boring trip down.
the expression works both ways. it depends on ur perspective. ive had this debate, fascinatingly and yet sadly enough, with my friends recently myself. we decided is perceptual. if things get worse and u say its all downhill, well we'll assume ur falling and rolling and getting lots of ouchies. if things get worse and u say its all uphill, well then its a battle and ur struggling. so it depends on how u mean itx
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