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Old 15-Jul-2004, 01:55
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Ron got married last year, but he's seeing Cas now, and he had a candlelit dinner with Susan. Today he is with me. 8)

Is there a proverb to describe this triangle?
I say he has "too many irons in the fire," and he cannot "have his cake and eat it too."
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Ron got married last year, but he's seeing Cas now, and he had a candlelit dinner with Susan. Today he is with me. 8)

Is there a proverb to describe this triangle?
I say he has "too many irons in the fire," and he cannot "have his cake and eat it too."
And if he plays with fire, he get burnt. :) 8)
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Ron's been fooling around. He's been playing with fire, and he might get burnt.

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Hi, Ron.
:D :D :D :D :D
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It's a late hello, but
Better late than never. :)


Remember the idioms that we were discussing about? Play the field, play with fire and so on. I heard some say "two timers". :)
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Remember the idioms that we were discussing about? Play the field, play with fire and so on. I heard some say "two timers". :)[/quote]

double standards
two faces
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Just bumped into this post and I think itpresents a nice collections of sayings. it's also good to have a native speaker checking them out:). I just hate mugging up new pharses that later turn out to be opaque to most natives.

Anyway, one of my favorites lately:

A rolling stone gathers no moss

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