Hour of rising vs worm acquisition.
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early birds catches the worm, idiom, idioms, expression, expressions, saying, sayings, early riser, early risers, get up early, getting up early, worm, worms, grub, grubs, supply curve, demand curve, statistic, curve, curves, economics, chart, charts, correlation, correlations, causation, correlate, correlates, profit, profits, statistician, statisticians, stats"Sorry for the wait, but it's been like Grand Central station in here."
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grand central station, busy, waiter, waiters, server, servers, eating out, eat out, eats out, hectic, busy day, busy shift, busy shifts, eating out, customer service, customer services, delay, delays, restaurant server, restaurant servers, idiom, idioms, idiomatic expression, idiomatic expressions, idiomatic phrase, idiomatic phrases"Thanks for walking a mile in my shoe but it's beginning to hurt now."
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empathy, empathise, empathize, empathising, empathizing, sympathy, sympathetic, sympathise, sympathize, a mile in my shoe, shoe, shoes, footwear, interpretation, interpretations, literal interpretation, literal interpretations, literal minded, literal mindedness, three legged race, three legged races, discomfort, uncomfortable, impractical, impracticality, expression, expressions, saying, sayings, idiom, idioms"The system's not perfect, but, by God, it's transparent."
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lion, lions, rabbit, rabbits, predator, predators, prey, hunt, hunts, hunting, hunter, hunters, stalks, stalk, kill, kills, killing, bunny, bunnies, thrown to the lions, expression, expressions, idiom, idioms, the system, capitalism, capitalist, capitalists, crony capitalism, crony capitalist, crony capitalists"I may be a big frog in a small pond, but I'm still a damn big frog."
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animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals, frog, frogs, amphibian, amphibians, big, small, pond, ponds, bi frog, small pond, importance, power, influence, important, business, office, offices, office life, expression, expressions, idiom, idioms, saying, sayings, wordplay, word play"We have testimony that you walk like a duck and you quack like a duck. Tell the court - are you a duck?"
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cliches, cliche, clichés, cliché, expression, expressions, idiom, idioms, duck, ducks, court, courts, courtroom, courtrooms, trial, trials, walk like a duck, quack like a duck, witness stand, witness stands, witness, witnesses, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys, solicitor, solicitors, cross examination, cross examinations"Good news. The test results show it's a metaphor."
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test, tests, test result, test results, idiom, idioms, expression, expressions, saying, sayings, metaphor, metaphors, metaphorical, literal, literally, backstabber, backstabbers, diagnosis, diagnose, diagnosing, physician, physicians, doctor, doctors, stab, stabbed, stabbing, stabbings, medical, medical diagnosis, good news"Sure, I follow the herd- out of a deep respect for the concept of community."
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sheep, follow the herd, following the herd, community, communities, philosophy, excuse, excuses, bad excuse, bad excuses, justification, justifications, thinking outside the box, obedience, brainless, braindead, thoughtless, thoughtlessness, modern life, modern attitudes, pretentious, pretension, pretentiousness, self important, self importance, self-important, self-importance, expression, expressions, idiom, idioms, following the pack, follow the pack"Of all the Fortune 500, we're probably the most tongue-in-cheek."
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office, offices, business, businesses, businessman, businessmen, executive, executives, list, lists, ranking, rankings, rank, ranked, corporate, corporation, corporations, tongue-in-cheek, tongue in cheek, insincere, ironic, idiom, idioms, sarcasm, sarcastic"Well, I'll be darned. They had just walked away."
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cliche, cliches, glasses, spectacles, lose, loses, losing, lost, phrase, phrases, walk away, walked away, walking away, they didn't just walk away, expression, expressions, idiom, idioms, search, searches, searching, find, finds, finding, found, easily lost, look, looks, looking, look around, looking around"It's the dawn of history, and there are no cliches as yet. I'll drink to that!"
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neanderthal, neanderthals, cave men, cave man, cavemen, caveman, cave dweller, cave dwellers, ancient history, stone age, the stone age, early man, primitive man, dawn of history, cliche, cliches, expression, expressions, idiom, idioms, saying, sayings, right as rain, ill drink to that, i'll drink to thatA man jumps from the frying pan into the fire.
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cliche, cliches, expression, expressions, idiom, idioms, saying, sayings, out of the frying pan, into the fire, frying pan, frying pans, acrobat, acrobats, acrobatic, acrobatics, high dive, high dives, stunt, stunts, stuntman, stuntmen, circus, circuses, performer, performers, performance, performances, literal, literally, bad situation, bad situationsWelcome to the Jungle- Please observe our laws
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law of the jungle, laws of the jungle, greeting, greetings, welcome, welcomes, welcome sign, welcome signs, road sign, road signs, highway sign, highway signs, please drive carefully, capitalism, capitalist, capitalists, national conduct, kill or be killed, survival, fight for survival, lawless, expression, expressions, idiom, idioms"Let's see, who had the canary?"
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button, buttons, cute as a button, cute, cuteness, saying, sayings, phrase, phrases, cliche, cliches, idiom, idioms, saying, sayings, pun, puns, couple, couples, flirt, compliment, compliments, complimenting, complimented, dates"I'm not worrying. I've got most of my money in handbaskets."
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going to hell in a handbasket, going to hell in a handcart, going to hell in a bucket, going to hell in a handbag, allegory, allegories, locution, locutions, idiom, idioms, figure of speech, figures of speech, saying, sayings, expression, expressions, old age, old people, old person, age, ageing, aging, retirement, retire, retired, death, die, died, dying, elderly, elder, elders, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, money, wealth, wealthy, rich, rich people, wealthy people"First, you will meet Mr. Hot. Next, you will meet Mr. Cool. Then you will meet Mr. Right."
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party, parties, cocktail, cocktails, cocktail party, cocktail parties, gossip, gossipers, gossiper, party conversation, cocktail conversation, guest, guests, in his own right, sayings, saying, smack talking, talking smack, upper class, upper classes, boastful, idiom, idioms, husband, husbands, accomplishment, accomplishments, feminist, feminism, patriarchy, patriarchies"As soon as one problem is solved, another rears its ugly head."
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executive, executives, business executive, business executives, manager, managers, business managers, business managers, problem, problems, obstacle, obstacles, expression, expressions, idiom, idioms, complain, complaining, modern life, recession, the recession, problem solving, literal interpretation"Sorry. He's been cursing like that ever since we put him in that little sailor suit."
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kid, kids, child, children, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, motherhood, baby, babies, clothes, clothing, baby clothes, baby clothing, costume, costumes, outfit, outfits, baby outfit, baby outfits, dress-up, dress up, sailor, sailors, sailor outfit, sailor outfits, sailor costume, sailor costumes, cursing, swearing, cussing, bad words, bad language, cursing like a sailor, cussing like a sailor, swearing like a sailor, idiom, idioms, expression, expressions, word play, wordplay"In my practice, I prefer to treat the whole hog."
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hospital, hospitals, clinic, clinics, doctor's office, doctor's office, vet, vets, veterinarian, veterinarians, animal doctor, animal doctors, vet clinic, vet clinics, animal hospital, animal hospitals, veterinarian clinic, veterinarian clinics, medical, medicine, doctor, doctors, patient, patients, health, health care, healthcare, holistic, holistic medicine, animal, animals, pig, pigs, whole hog, hog, hogs, expression, expressions, idiom, idioms, word play, wordplay"You'd better cool it. Remember what he did to you last time."
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