From supermarkets to cafés and public transportation, everyday payments are made using WeChat or Alipay, two apps that have become essential to daily life in the country.
It’s funny, while I know what the expression means, I still always think it should mean what the comment you responded to said. As in “They’ve gone through everything, but have not disappeared.”
Right. They’ve registered 99 disappearing units, which are called nerbals, and have one remaining. So all 99 nerbals have been triggered, BUT the one that’s left.
Wouldn’t that mean they’re far more used than ever instead?
It would not. The phrase means they have done almost all the disappearing except for the very last, small portion of disappearing that remains.
It’s funny, while I know what the expression means, I still always think it should mean what the comment you responded to said. As in “They’ve gone through everything, but have not disappeared.”
Right. They’ve registered 99 disappearing units, which are called nerbals, and have one remaining. So all 99 nerbals have been triggered, BUT the one that’s left.
I deduce that the one nerbal has now become a priceless commodity since the last person using currency now has cornered the nerbal market.
Y’all, I found the capitalist! Over here! Get ‘em!!
Interesting that the very similar “… have anything but disappeared” would mean they have very much not disappeared.