down the road, not across the street

down the road, not across the street

Mocking and depreciatory advice for someone considering or attempting suicide by self-laceration, meaning it is more effective to cut along the radial artery of the arm than across the wrist.
See also: across, down, not, street
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • drown in self-pity
  • pity
  • the butt of the joke
  • sucks to be you
  • like to hear (oneself) talk
  • like to hear oneself talk
  • jest at
  • jest at (someone or something)
  • laugh oneself out of
  • laugh out of