Thread: "A withered tree blossoms again"
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Old 11-Dec-2006, 02:33
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Default Re: "A withered tree blossoms again"
We say that something will rise like a phoenix from the ashes. The phoenix was a mythical bird that burnt itself to death and was reborn from the ashes.
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