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‘you’re so sharp you’ll cut yourself’: meaning and early occurrences 21st Jul 2022 - (0)
UK, 1866—used as an observation, a reproof or a warning implying over-cleverness—plays on two meanings of the adjective ‘sharp’: a) literal meaning: ‘cutting’; b) figurative meaning: ‘keen-witted’
‘piano player in a brothel’: meaning and early occurrences 20th Jul 2022 - (0)
‘Pharaoh’s Revenge’: meaning and origin 19th Jul 2022 - (0)
‘gyppy tummy’: meaning and origin 18th Jul 2022 - (0)
‘to shoot the cat’: meaning (and origin?) 17th Jul 2022 - (0)

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