Kick The Can Down The Road
The expression "kick the can" is sometimes used to mean "to procrastinate", or in political terms, to put off solving a particular problem until later. This usage does not refer to the children's game, but rather is shorthand for "kick the can down the road".
- "We will not duck the tough issues. We will not kick the can down the road." --Paul Ryan
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Famous quotes containing the words kick the, kick, the and/or road:
“Once kick the world, and the world and you will live together at a reasonably good understanding.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
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However I have heard that sometimes you have to deal
Devilishly with drowning men in order to swim them to shore.
Or they will haul themselves and you to the trash and the fish beneath.”
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“And the best and the worst of this is
That neither is most to blame,
If you have forgotten my kisses
And I have forgotten your name.”
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