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As scarce as hen's teeth.
Drunk as forty cats.
They said not a dicky bird about it.
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Drunk as a lord.
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She got into a bit of a pickle.
He was a bit iffy about it.
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He got on the wrong side of him.
A bit cheesed off.
They just didn't hit it off.
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I'd better get cracking.
I'd better get a wriggle on,
He had on his best bib & tucker.
He pulled a swifty.
I've got the jitters.
Get your skates on.
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Never you mind.
It's not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable. The hundred-times-refuted theory of "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it - Friedrich Nietzsche
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There's not enough room to swing a cat.
I'll have you know xyz..
He got a dressing down.
She was a bit browned off.
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It takes all sorts to make a world.
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Ruddy instead of bloody
Get off my back
Don't harp on about it.
Keep your eyes peeled.
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Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
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That's a turn up for the books.
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Not on your Nellie.
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He really went to town on it.
She hada good spin.
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Giving it herbs.
Foot flat to the floor.
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He queered the pitch.
What can't be cured must be endured.
I wouldn't put it past him/her.
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Jazz cigarette. Haven't heard this for decades. How many of you know what one is?
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(12-01-2025, 10:19 AM)Niger Lover Wrote: Jazz cigarette. Haven't heard this for decades. How many of you know what one is?
Yep, safe to say that most of our generation knows that one.
Except me - I'd not come across it but assumed it was,looked it up & bingo.
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(12-01-2025, 10:19 AM)Niger Lover Wrote: Jazz cigarette. Haven't heard this for decades. How many of you know what one is?
i must be too young , what is it ?
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(12-01-2025, 01:59 PM)Alice Wrote: (12-01-2025, 10:19 AM)Niger Lover Wrote: Jazz cigarette. Haven't heard this for decades. How many of you know what one is?
i must be too young , what is it ? 
Its a French word that means little cigar. Cigar ette.
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(12-01-2025, 02:02 PM)Niger Lover Wrote: (12-01-2025, 01:59 PM)Alice Wrote: i must be too young , what is it ? 
Its a French word that means little cigar. Cigar ette.
very informative . and whats the jazz part in relation to and dont tell me music
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