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Familiar Misquotes Series V
Whenever a phrase or sentence becomes part of the common language, there is a strong possibility that it will be quoted inaccurately.
Over the course of time, a letter gets shifted or a word is changed and forevermore the quotation becomes a cliche that nobody ever gets quite right.
Try to complete each proverbial cliche:
1.) "Birds of a feather ______ together." - Robert Burton
2.) "I have nothing to offer but blood, _________." -Winston Churchill
3.) "Went in ______ ear and out ______ ." - John Heywood
Over the course of time, a letter gets shifted or a word is changed and forevermore the quotation becomes a cliche that nobody ever gets quite right.
Try to complete each proverbial cliche:
1.) "Birds of a feather ______ together." - Robert Burton
2.) "I have nothing to offer but blood, _________." -Winston Churchill
3.) "Went in ______ ear and out ______ ." - John Heywood
Answer
1.) will gather2.) toil, tear and sweat
3.) at this one; at the other
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