two for flinching
Flinch penalty hits
Two for flinching is a playground rule allowing someone to punch another person twice if they flinch—an involuntary defensive movement when startled or threatened.
The game involves fake-outs: feigning a punch to provoke a flinch, then delivering actual hits as penalty.
He jerked his arm back and I flinched—two for flinching.
The phrase sometimes appears figuratively for any situation where showing weakness invites punishment.
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