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see Change horses in midstream
see Counting chickens
see Crossing bridges
see Cry over spilt milk
see Cut off one’s nose to spite one's face
see Die wondering
An American expression often wrongly attributed to J. K. Kennedy (JFK’s father) simply because it appears in Conversations with Kennedy (1975) by Ben...
see Knickers in a knot/twist
American folksy expression that means not to care dates from the late 19th century and is sometimes encountered in the form of not giving two hoots wh...
See Not give a rat's arse/ass
An adage that means one can never rely on appearances alone, which appears to be of American origin from the late 1920s and rapidly gained acceptance...
There is no point in employing someone if you end up doing his or her work. The earliest citation for this adage is c. 1583.
see Know from a bar of soap
see Squat
see Gift horse