Break a Leg

What do an acting role and playing sports have in common?

If you break a leg, you get cast.

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Explain Bear

Listen here, you uncultured swine. The joke plays on the double meaning of "cast." When you break a leg in sports, you need a plaster cast. But in acting, getting "cast" means you've been chosen for a role. Bet you feel real dumb right now!

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