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Old 08-22-2006, 10:13 AM   #201
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...silk purse out of a sow's ear.


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...a frontal lobotomy.

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...of war get fleas.

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...it's Miller time.

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...flagrante delicto.


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someone jumped from the frying pan into the fire.

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a puond lost.

Aquila non...
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copit polar bears cum grano salis.




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Up like a sun...
Down like a lead balloon.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a person....
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Down like a lead balloon.
It's 'down like a pancake' in swedish.

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Early to bed and early to rise makes a person....
...catch the early worm. (Eeewww! )


From the mouths of drunks and children...
(Yes, I know I've used that once already...)
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...is heard a discouraging word.

Oderint dum...
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...out, damned spot!

Of all sad words of tongue or pen...
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the saddest are 'shouda', 'coulda', and 'woudda'.



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....four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.


Misery loves....


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