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Famous first line of a rhyme generally said by a giant, monster, or villain
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Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman, Be he alive, or be he dead I'll grind his bones to make my bread
More phrases:
- wear down
- sort out
- cough up
- put lipstick on a pig
- serves you right
- pile up
- do up
- stroke of work
- no frills
- cast away
- a smoke screen
- zero in on
- whip
- elbow room
- used to
- save it
- beat out
- b.s.
- by heart
- make headway
- blow over
- back forty
- break the Internet
- cut out
- fend for oneself
- pick up
- pull off
- adding machine
- back-to-back
- on top of the world
- name of the game
- run around with
- heart and soul
- fall down
- in the hot seat
- run for one's life
- call out
- boom or bust!
- in one hell of a hurry
- come along
- fit of fury
- polish off
- bear with
- clue in
- spruce up
- tickled pink
- act out
- get down
- at someone's disposal
- take in
- ring in
- In the Limelight
- age out
- diamond in the rough
- ass-backwards
- at heart
- around the clock
- hold up
- come out
- beat me to the punch
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