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It’s not over till the fat lady sings

A modern American proverb that is used to describe close-run contests and was first cited during the 1970s in a sporting context although the referenc...

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Itching palm

Derives from the superstition that when the palm of one’s hand itches, money is on the way, often illicitly. Shakespeare is sometimes credited with th...

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Ivories

see Tickle the ivories


Ivory tower

Some maintain that the origin of this expression meaning divorced from reality is the Bible, Song of Solomon, 7:4 “Thy neck is as a tower of ivory” bu...

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