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it was best not considered

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What is the origin of "to lie through one's teeth"?

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At what point did "what a shame" come to mean "what a disappointment" or "what a missed opportunity"?

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What is the meaning of "unqualified gain"?

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What "the ceiling was too high to make out," means [closed]

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Meaning of "Friday face" in 1592

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What is the difference between "counterintuitive" and "contradiction"?

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Help with the difference in the meaning of the phrases [closed]

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Does anyone know the origin of the name "dear-joy" (used, often perjoratively, by English people to denominate the Irish in the 18th century)?

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Meaning of "a siren calling attention to a fog that it does nothing to dispel!"

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About the meaning of the phrase '''At one end of the continuum' [closed]

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What does "you can't gaffa the gaffa" mean?

“Thou doth protest too much”: changed usage? [closed]

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Exact Meaning: An appalled silence

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'Come next saturday' and 'come the end of the world' [duplicate]

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What is the meaning of "studied a favorite philosopher" in this text? [closed]

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It's good to work and it's good that you work . What is the difference?

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"get along" er "git along" or "go along" (does vehicular usage matter?)?

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Got it and I got it

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What does "might" exactly mean in the following excerpt?

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