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  1. 21-Oct-2008, 15:10 #1
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    Question looking for an idiom

    can anyone please tell me an idiom related to repentance...
  2. 22-Oct-2008, 18:12 #2
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    Default Re: looking for an idiom

    Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
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    Default Re: looking for an idiom

    Quote Originally Posted by jyotibishnoi16 View Post
    can anyone please tell me an idiom related to repentance...
    Hi! I'm not a teacher.

    Here's one as below:

    hair shirt

    hair shirt - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
  4. 23-Oct-2008, 14:57 #4
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    Default Re: looking for an idiom

    Quote Originally Posted by jyotibishnoi16 View Post
    can anyone please tell me an idiom related to repentance...
    'to beat your breast' - and an associated noun for the practice of breast-beating: breast?beating - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

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