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Old 05-Apr-2006, 22:14
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Default urgent help please
i have searched all the web seeking the meaning of this proverb :
it is not the cough that will carry you off it is the coffin they will carry you off in

but i could not find any thing please help i should submit my translation a few hours later
tank you in advance
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Old 06-Apr-2006, 06:23
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Default Re: urgent help please
carry you off = kill
In other words, it means that we should fight illness to the very last moment- you're not dead until you're in a coffin.
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