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covering all bases

in the wheelhouse, up the alley, around the corner, over the train tracks, under the bridge, and headed for home In my internet search for the origin of the phrase “in one’s wheelhouse,” Wikipedia included “wheelhouse” on a list of … Continue reading

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chalk white

– not by a long chalk – different as chalk and cheese – chalk it up to

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pound sand

It’s nothing like pounding pavement, if that’s what you’re thinking. synonyms (according to wiktionary): 1. (do something futile): “get blood from a stone” “piss up a rope” 2. (go away): “get lost” “go fly a kite” “take a hike” Per … Continue reading

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a murder of ravens?

Collectives of the animal variety: http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/collectives.htm “People often write in about the conventional terms for groups of animals and people, especially birds, such as parliament of rooks or murder of crows. Many of these, including tiding of magpies, murmuration of … Continue reading

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things I used to know

… but was totally wrong about that cummerbund was spelled with a “b” (as in cumberbund) that chartreuse was a shade of red (actually: green) that puce was a shade of green (actually: reddish to purplish brown) that myriad requires … Continue reading

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