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Old 02-Dec-2005, 03:37
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Default Re: you can't half swim ???
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Originally Posted by Vlad_the_Inhaler
There is also the similar-but-clearer he doesn't do things by halves (he does them as energetically as possible).
Fortunately, we don't say 'he can't half do things by halves'.
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