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  2. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    Another is a legal term, referring to the indefinite postponing of a case, "until Elijah comes". Hindi - The common phrases are (1) सूरज पश्चिम से उगा है ("sun has risen from the west") and (2) बिन मौसम की बरसात ("when it rains when it's not the season to rain"). The second one is ...

  3. List of catchphrases in American and British mass media

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    These are not merely catchy sayings. Even though some sources may identify a phrase as a catchphrase, this list is for those that meet the definition given in the lead section of the catchphrase article and are notable for their widespread use within the culture. This list is distinct from the list of political catchphrases.

  4. List of Latin phrases (Q) - Wikipedia

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    (Notice the different singular, "gesserit", and plural, "gesserint", forms.) It was from this phrase that Frank Herbert extracted the name for the Bene Gesserit sisterhood in the Dune novels. quantocius quantotius: the sooner, the better: or, as quickly as possible quantum libet (q.l.) as much as pleases: medical shorthand for "as much as you wish"

  5. What's Happening!! - Wikipedia

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    What's Happening!! is an American sitcom television series that first aired on ABC from August 5, 1976, premiering as a summer series. It returned as a weekly series from November 1976 until its April 1979 conclusion.

  6. What's done is done - Wikipedia

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    What's done cannot be undone. – To bed, to bed, to bed!" [3] Shakespeare did not coin the phrase; it may actually be a derivative of the early 14th-century French proverb: Mez quant ja est la chose fecte, ne peut pas bien estre desfecte, which is translated into English as "But when a thing is already done, it cannot be undone".

  7. 'I don't know what's happening': 'Today' show host reacts ...

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    "And she said 'F--- him, you're the one with the talent,'" Cher said as she recounted the story. Kotb laughed and seemed shocked after the singer dropped the F-bomb.

  8. Is What's Happening in Gaza a Genocide? Experts Weigh In - AOL

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    Significance of the use of the word genocide Some scholars, like Verdeja, say that debates on whether the current conflict can be called a genocide are a “bad use of focus.”

  9. The pot calling the kettle black - Wikipedia

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    The earliest appearance of the idiom is in Thomas Shelton's 1620 translation of the Spanish novel Don Quixote.The protagonist is growing increasingly restive under the criticisms of his servant Sancho Panza, one of which is that "You are like what is said that the frying-pan said to the kettle, 'Avant, black-browes'."