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Going to get a “haircut” today Actually getting all of them cut Cutting just one would hardly be noticed Now I'm being quite a silly nut There's many other sayings similar to this English is overloaded I find Wanna hear others that I've discovered Well stay tuned it'll “blow your mind” “Keep your nose to the grindstone” Now THAT'S gotta smart I'd say See what I mean, don't follow this advice You'll feel pain from here to Sunday How about this one, “eye candy” It certainly has me bamboozled “Less is more” is another that's confusing Looking for others for your perusal Here's another, “left in the lurch” Pretty sure they meant left in the “church” “Dead as a doornail” as dead as you can be Gonna do a little more research To “peter out” means to dwindle away Has a certain sexual connotation Put it back in, it's a public place You'll be arrested for excessive potation “I rest my case”, now here's another one Wasn't even carrying a case Okay gonna “put this thing to bed” Yikes! Can't wipe this grin from my face! POTATION • the action of drinking something esp. Alcohol: I intend to abstain from potation. • (often potations) a drinking bout: the dreadful potations of his youth

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