Never give up...

By Vichara


There are things that will obscure our vision in seeing what to do next.  Sometimes it feels like you are trying to find a way out of a massive carnival grounds and every which way another barker is trying to entice you with every step.  Our determination to leave is so distracted the things become blurry and chaotic.  We need to remember that these distractions are representations of the attachments that try to bind us to the delusional things that keep us from leaving the carnival grounds.  You can leave, the exit is right there in front of you.

hors de combat • \or-duh-kohng-BAH (the "ng" is not pronounced, but the preceding vowel is nasalized)\  • adjective or adverb

: out of combat : disabled

Example Sentence:

With their best pitcher hors de combat with a shoulder injury, the team faced a bleak season.

Did you know?

We picked up "hors de combat" directly from French back in the mid-18th century. Benjamin Franklin put the term to use in a 1776 letter, observing that an "arrow sticking in any part of a man puts him hors du [sic] combat till it is extracted." But you don't have to use the word as literally as Franklin did. "Combat" can refer to any fight or contest, not just fighting in a war. A politician who's out of the running in a political race could be declared "hors de combat," for example. But the adjective (or adverb) need not refer only to humans or animals: if you own a car, chances are your vehicle has been hors de combat at least once.

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