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Old 05-Dec-2006, 02:59
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Default Re: The exact meaning of this idiom!

I've not herad it used in a positive way and the Cambridge dictionary of idioms only gives it in a negative sense:
Cambridge Dictionaries Online - Cambridge University Press
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