I don't imagine so, as it's typically used to refer to battlefield tactics rather than day to day altercations.
[ Still, she does have a point. So he adds- ]
Personally, I've always interpreted it to mean it's better to smack someone in the back of the head when they least expect it than square off with them fairly.
[ After all, as much as he acknowledges proper fights to the death are dangerous to his mental health as much as his physical... sometimes you have to put someone down. Usually something, especially since he's started this whole 'saving the world' thing that is just. A bad time. ]
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[ Still, she does have a point. So he adds- ]
Personally, I've always interpreted it to mean it's better to smack someone in the back of the head when they least expect it than square off with them fairly.
[ After all, as much as he acknowledges proper fights to the death are dangerous to his mental health as much as his physical... sometimes you have to put someone down. Usually something, especially since he's started this whole 'saving the world' thing that is just. A bad time. ]