Does the die was cast mean that: -The mold has been filled and the item is already made or -The dice has been rolled and set on its number or -A third die I've never heard of ?
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I think the sort of 1st, the die/mould has now been made/cast so can't be changed, though not that the object has been made, more that if it is made, the result is fixed?
aug 24, 2025, 5:09 pm • 0 0 • view
I take it to mean things have been set in motion or started that can’t be changed or undone.
aug 24, 2025, 4:31 pm • 2 0 • view
oh yeah I get the usage, I just don't know if it comes from molds or games!
aug 24, 2025, 4:49 pm • 1 0 • view
I think it comes from the actual throwing of the dice - you can’t tell what the result will be when the dice stop, but it’s going to happen.
aug 24, 2025, 4:57 pm • 1 0 • view
It means “the dice has been thrown but we don’t know the outcome yet”. A choice has been made or an action has been started for better or for worse.
aug 24, 2025, 4:39 pm • 1 0 • view
The die will appear in Avengers Doomsday.
aug 24, 2025, 4:23 pm • 3 0 • view
I take it now to mean that the mold is made and no more changes will be allowed. All possibilities are gone. But when I was a kid, I always thought it was number 2, and that everyone just played with dice; like life was all about chance
aug 24, 2025, 4:23 pm • 1 0 • view
It's the second one. Cast in this case is more like casting a fishing line. So it's more "I've thrown the die, but I don't know where it's landed yet."
aug 24, 2025, 4:32 pm • 4 0 • view
I'm faaaaaaaairly sure it's the first one, but I always interpreted it as the die itself, the mold, has already been cast and set and so cannot be changed. But I stopped doing tech class in second year high school so my knowledge on manufacturing methods and associated metaphors is limited 👀
aug 24, 2025, 4:24 pm • 1 0 • view
I always thought it was the first one, until I was looking up the Latin word for dice one day (there was a reason) and it corresponded with the second one.
aug 24, 2025, 5:37 pm • 1 0 • view