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To get used to something shameful.
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He has never been able to live down his electoral defeat.
Submitted on August 30, 2012
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- diamond in the rough
- easy does it
- elbow room
- for the time being
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- middle of nowhere
- much of a muchness
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- number one
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- on top of the world
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