Page 24 - The Gluckman Occasional Number Six
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“We'll have to fold up shop” 1) fold / fold up our tent
2) close up shop
“I'm not going to lose any 1) cry over spilled milk
spilled milk over it” 2) not going to lose any
sleep
“Cast my bread to the wind” 1) cast your fate to the
wind
2) cast thy bread on the
waters
“Out of the blue moon” 1) out of the blue
2) once in a blue moon
“Race is the white elephant 1) the elephant in the room
in the room” 2) a white elephant
“The light at the end of the rainbow” 1) light at the end of the
tunnel
2) pot of gold at the end of
the rainbow
“It doesn't ring sense” 1) ring true
2) make sense
“I smell a bill of goods” 1) a bill of goods
2) smell a rat
“I wouldn't trust him to my money” 1) trust with my money
2) trust my money to him
“I am alongside with Lee Anne here” 1) alongside
2) with
“It's in the ball court” 1) in the ballpark
2) in his court
“Stoop at nothing” 1) stop at nothing
2) stoop to anything
“Rein in your parade” 1) rain on your parade
2) rein in