Shoot the Breeze
What it means
Chat idly about nothing much, with no purpose beyond passing the time.
Where it comes from
Shooting at the wind hits nothing, which is the joke. The older American version was shoot the bull, and both treat aimless talk as ammunition spent on empty air.
The puzzle it came from
Shoot the Breeze was the answer to the Phrasicle of September 9, 2025. The clue read ____ the ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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wish
list
price
tag
team
taco
truck
stop
watch
dog
play
dead
sea
breeze
through
photo
shoot
out
cold
snap
Phrasicle: Shoot the Breeze