sticks and stones may break my bones, (but words can never hurt me)
child's expressionsaid in order to show that people cannot be hurt by unpleasant things that are said to them
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Insults & abuse
- arse-licker
- asshole
- be close to the bone idiom
- brickbat
- cut (sb) to the quick idiom
- denigrate
- fuck
- fuck you/them/it idiom
- give someone a mouthful idiom
- insulting
- mouth
- mouthful
- revile
- score
- shit
- sledging
- snowflake
- stick
- take sb's name in vain idiom
- trifle with sb/sth
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