Okay, what?

That is so violent, This motion, it's just stab Now.

I just used an idiom to take a stab at something and it has nothing to do with the knives or violence.

If you take a stab at something, you're trying it.

I texted my friend, we're getting together, I said I'm going to bring a lot of butter and flour and I think I'm going to take a stab at crescents.

I've never made them before.

It intimidates me a little bit, but I think I'm gonna try it.

I'm going to take a stab at it.