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Business always falls off in the winter.
Submitted on January 23, 2011
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- black babies
- born yesterday
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- call a spade a spade
- curveball
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- for goodness' sake
- from a to z
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- go out of one's way
- good luck with that
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- have a word with
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- hit the spot
- it takes two to tango
- jolly someone along
- keep an eye out
- keep somebody posted
- lemon law
- let her rip
- lie through one's teeth
- middle of nowhere
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