>>>"Robbing Peter to pay Paul" or what!?
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>>The Serbian version of the same proverb isn't so biblical: "cut the ears to patch the butt".
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>Ha Ha! Well... they Do have a lot of practice at it, eh :-)
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>Do you know the expression: "to cut off your nose to spite your face"?
We've met... though I can't say I'd remember it when needed. But it has a completely different meaning.