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What does it mean to draw a line in the sand?
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What does it mean to draw a line in the sand?
This is an idiom meaning that you have set a limit as to what you are prepared/not prepared to do.

I have had enough of this nonsense. I am drawing a line in the sand, everyone will take 30 minutes for lunch...no exceptions!
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