Idiom
down the road, not across the street
Meaning
Of the technique for committing suicide, along the radial artery rather than across the wrist from side to side.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The medical textbook warns to cut down the road, not across the street.”
“The emergency room doctor explained that the injury was dangerous because the patient had cut down the road, not across the street.”
“In forensic pathology, the orientation of the wound is critical, specifically noting whether the incision was made down the road, not across the street.”
Examples
simple
“The medical textbook warns to cut down the road, not across the street.”
contextual
“The emergency room doctor explained that the injury was dangerous because the patient had cut down the road, not across the street.”
complex
“In forensic pathology, the orientation of the wound is critical, specifically noting whether the incision was made down the road, not across the street.”
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