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"NICE PLAY SHAKESPEARE; WHEN'S YOUR NEXT ACT?"

Submitter comment: THIS PHRASE IS USED WHEN SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING COMPLETELY OUT
OF PLACE OR HAS A MINOR ACCIDENT; LIKE SPILLING MILK, ETC.
MY BROTHER USED THIS LINE ALOT, WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND VERY
CLUMSY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO

Keyword(s): COMEBACK

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

Date learned: 11-12-1971

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