"Better than a stick in the eye," is a common expression, one will hear during one of our cribbage games. It is said to someone who is not satisfied with the paltry points they received.
One of our players said that expression came from the Bible.
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So we googled it. The closest we came is Mathew 7: 3-5. "Why do you see the speck in your neighbor's eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbor, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye' while the log is in your own eye?
The context is completely different. The scripture is referring to the hypocrisy of someone judging someone else. Whereas the cribbage expression is trying to offer encouragement.
The only thing they have in common is the "wood."
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