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PEOPLE WHO HAVE A GAP BETWEEN THEIR TEETH LIE A LOT. THIS IS
WHERE THE PHRASE "YOU'RE LYING BETWEEN YOUR TEETH" COMES
FROM.

Submitter comment: SPACE BETWEEN TEETH
"YOU'RE LYING THROUGH YOUR TEETH."
SHE HAS A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR.

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
SPEECH -- Folk etymology
PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: 10-11-1984

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