Talk:wipe the floor

RFM discussion: October 2018–November 2022
Which is better? Per utramque cavernam 11:46, 27 October 2018 (UTC)


 * I'd say the latter: I have never heard wipe the floor without with (though the entry suggests it's possible; is it?). Equinox ◑ 11:49, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I'd prefer mop, but Google NGram favors wipe to mop 5:2. DCDuring (talk) 14:16, 27 October 2018 (UTC)


 * The question here is whether to include "...with someone" in the entry title. Equinox ◑ 14:18, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I ignored the page it was on. I thought it was a TR question.
 * I think Lambian suggested that someone is sometimes useful to distinguish an idiom from literal use (eg, of wipe/mop the floor with a sponge-mop) without some of the ambiguities of an entry without someone, even with . DCDuring (talk) 14:33, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I propose moving wipe the floor to wipe the floor with someone and defining mop the floor with someone as a synonym. clean someone's clock could also be defined as a synonym. - excarnateSojourner (talk|contrib) 06:20, 29 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Moved per vague consensus GreyishWorm (talk) 23:16, 2 November 2022 (UTC)