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Why do we say “Bob’s your uncle?”

Why do we say “Bob’s your uncle?”

Is it “chomping at the bit” or “champing at the bit”?

Is it “chomping at the bit” or “champing at the bit”?

Why do we go to hell “in a handbasket”?

Why do we go to hell “in a handbasket”?

Why do we say “close but no cigar”?

Why do we say “close but no cigar”?

Who was Rube Goldberg?

Who was Rube Goldberg?

What’s the difference between quarantine and isolation?

Which is correct, down the pike or down the pipe?

Why do we say “big brown dog” instead of “brown big dog”?

How does an exception prove a rule?

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