It's "pray" not "prey". The idiom stems from "praying mantises", where males will sometimes be eaten by the female

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Feb 24, 2021
10:37:51am

durandal Rampant AI

It's "pray" not "prey". The idiom stems from "praying mantises", where males will sometimes be eaten by the female

after mating. You want to be the predatory female, not the "praying" male.

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POLL: I want to better understand a metaphor——Be the predator not the:

kalifi Enforcer

2/24/21 9:36am

In a world of hunt or be hunted, you want to be the hunter. The correct word is prey, something that is hunted.

Magathisll

2/24/21 9:38am

If I was the prey, I would definitely pray.

Sea Chicken

2/24/21 9:39am

This is actually where the saying comes from

freekarl

2/24/21 9:40am

Prey. It means it's better to be the hunter than being hunted.

2/24/21 9:45am

Be aggressive and go after what you want in life, like a hunting lion. Don't sit around and passively

2/24/21 9:47am

RE: Be aggressive and go after what you want in life, like a hunting lion. Don't sit around and passively

byuluvr

2/24/21 9:51am

I was desirous to learn some of the etymology of the word “prey” and this is what I found:

kalifi

2/24/21 10:01am

Pray?? Lol

kotacoug

2/24/21 9:53am

Prey is what a predator hunts, I’m not sure how anyone can be a pray.

USMCdad

2/24/21 9:55am

It's "pray" not "prey". The idiom stems from "praying mantises", where males will sometimes be eaten by the female

durandal

2/24/21 10:37am

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