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That foolish phrase now ricochets dangerously around the streets.
Altogether Foreman's remarkable book should be a caution against one foolish phrase.
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"Madame Bovary" actually italicizes examples of foolish or sentimental phrasing.
It is in the preface to that book where Burton first penned the phrase: Pennywise, pound foolish (p. 91).
For days after Bush's foolish scatological reference (thankfully not a career-ending ethnic slur), Gore spokesmen slyly repeated the phrase's compound adjectival component, "major-league," which succeeded in causing mild after-snickers.
And the role of Ryan – who is known for saying "jeah" and had attempted to trademark the phrase, but a Milwaukee clothing company blocked it – is that of the sweet, loving, irresponsible, foolish boy.
I use the phrase "Very Serious People" a lot; it seems to me to capture the way respectable opinion keeps demanding utterly foolish policies.
Even when his Count was consumed with desire for Susanna or caught looking foolish, there was a haughty, slightly preening veneer to his portrayal, which came through in his smooth-as-silk phrasing and virile sound.
Foolish, foolish idea.
Foolish is as foolish does.
Foolish, perhaps.
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