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>>BTW another one is where they say "... and I kicked him in the proverbial ..." (or any verb -subject combo).
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>That one really 'takes the cake!' :o)
Do you lot use that expression too, esp. where the noun is "understood" by use of "the proverbial"?
Another one i HATE is "A word in your shell-like [ear]"
and "that should be no problem to a man of your callibre" (pronounced cal LIBE er in this case for added annoyance)
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.