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Old 05-28-2008, 02:52 AM   #1181
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...fight to the bitter end.

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Old 05-28-2008, 10:46 PM   #1182
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...happily ever after.

The more things change...
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.. that is the question.


I'll lug the guts ......
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...if you'll scratch mine.

One fish, two fish...
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and you will feed him for a day.

Jealousy is the green eyed monster ....
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Old 05-28-2008, 11:03 PM   #1186
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...calling the kettle black.

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... has never done anything.


Aim small to .....
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But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail.
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.


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...carry a big stick.

The power of the sun...
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...is the winter of our discontent.


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...ever and ever, amen.

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to change horses in mid-stream

Consider the lilies .......
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Old 06-06-2008, 05:28 PM   #1195
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Old 06-06-2008, 06:51 PM   #1196
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Erm...that's the actual ending to the saying...

The game is to finish with the end of a different saying.

I suppose the "rules" do not preclude giving the end of a saying for the next person to begin with another, though.
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Oops... here it was:
A penny earned...

but the answer is already up, so:

a chain is as strong...
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a chain is as strong...[/color]
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knowing which side my bread is buttered on.

... but, for mine own part, it was Greek ......
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...balls of fire.


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