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Originally Posted by fidalgoman
..."rule of thumb"...
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I used to use this one sometimes; until learning that "rule of thumb" was the size allowed for rods to beat one's wife with. No larger than the circumference of the husband's thumb.
Another one interesting is "buck" for the lowest denominator of paper currency.
In a land made the richest, most powerful nation in the world, based upon genocide of the native peoples combined with one of the most vicious forms of chattel slavery ever allowed in the species' social evolution.
Saw a photo one time of a condor kept in captivity for thirty-seven years; sitting on the same perch indoors someplace at a residence. Imagine the clean-up often enough: Speaking of "chickens" coming home to roost.