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Letter "S" » straw man
«There is no limit to what a man can do so long as he does not care a straw who gets the credit for it»
«If a man knew where he would fall, he would spread straw there first»
«To conjure up such ridiculous questions, the answers to which we all know or should know are in the negative, is to build up a whimsical and farcical straw man which is not only grim but Grimm.»
Author: Tom C. Clark
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Questioning
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build up, conjure, conjured, conjures, conjure up, conjuring, farcical, grim, Grimm, straw, straw man, The Negative, whimsical
«Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.»
«Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.»
«ADMINISTRATION, n. An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. A man of straw, proof against bad-egging and dead-catting.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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cuff, cuffs, egging, premier, straw, straw man
«And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.»
«Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.»
«A drowning man will catch a straw»
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