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7 Everyday English Idioms and Where They Come From
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“When pigs fly”
Lord Nelson, detail of an oil painting by J.F. Rigaud; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.
Alaska: commercial fishing
ruffed grouse
George I
Alexander the Great
steak and kidney pudding
Christy Mathewson
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