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PROVERB

I GOT THE ROTTEN END OF THE DEAL.

Submitter comment: UNCERTAIN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Keyword(s): BAD DEALS

James Callow Keyword(s): CHEATED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: 00-00-1964

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PROVERB

I GOT THE SHORT END OF THE STRAW.

Submitter comment: UNCERTAIN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Keyword(s): BAD DEALS

James Callow Keyword(s): CHEATED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: 00-00-1964

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Expression

"go off half-cocked" means to do something on impulse

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Shearer, Alan

Keyword(s): Expression ; Half-cocked ; Heated ; Impulse ; Language ; Saying ; TEMPER

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group

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