What does the idiom “Drink the Kool-Aid” mean?
Definition:
Accept a set of ideas uncritically, often dangerous ones
For example:
“John has joined a religious cult, and he’s drinking the Kool-Aid. You can’t reason with him right now.”
Notes:
The idiom refers to the Jonestown, Guyana, massacre in 1978, when followers of the Rev. Jim Jones committed mass suicide by drinking Kool-Aid (a sweet drink) mixed with poison.
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