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Old 27-Jan-2005, 01:15
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Default Re: looking for an idiom

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Originally Posted by Marylin
As far as I know it's a marriage between two people whose ages are very different. Not necessarily a marriage made in heaven...
They might be close in social status but more often than not they are motivated to stay together by other things...most often it's $$$$
Think Anna Nicole Smith ... true love? It's definitely an extreme example but there are plenty of those and the tabloids are having a field day with these guys.
I can understand what December sees in May, but what on earth does May see in December?
Admittedly it wasn't exact, but it did cover one of the ideas.

A famous TV interview in the UK began by asking a magician's wife (he's short, bald, not an oil painting) what she saw in the millionaire magician. The look on her face was memorable.
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