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1. Today few politicians are
bread and butter
a wet blanket
a bookworm
their Achilles heel
tied to their mother's apron strings
to cleanse the Aegean stables
in black and white
above board
an Amazon
blood is thicker than water
i.e. few are honest. Most of them unfortunately can be accused of some wrongdoing or other.
2. For many mathematics happens to be
bread and butter
a wet blanket
a bookworm
their Achilles heel
tied to their mother's apron strings
to cleanse the Aegean stables
in black and white
above board
an Amazon
blood is thicker than water
. They are all very weak in it and so have a very hard time doing well in it.
3. Some men unfortunately tend to get bossed by their mothers. They are all
bread and butter
a wet blanket
a bookworm
their Achilles heel
tied to their mother's apron strings
to cleanse the Aegean stables
in black and white
above board
an Amazon
blood is thicker than water
.
4. Several well-meaning individuals hardly dare to go into politics to set things right for they know
bread and butter
a wet blanket
a bookworm
their Achilles heel
tied to their mother's apron strings
to cleanse the Aegean stables
in black and white
above board
an Amazon
blood is thicker than water
is no easy task.
5. Look at that well built woman-so like a man. What
bread and butter
a wet blanket
a bookworm
their Achilles heel
tied to their mother's apron strings
to cleanse the Aegean stables
in black and white
above board
an Amazon
blood is thicker than water
she is!
6. Never accepting any verbal orders is a sensible attitude to adopt. Always ask for them
bread and butter
a wet blanket
a bookworm
their Achilles heel
tied to their mother's apron strings
to cleanse the Aegean stables
in black and white
above board
an Amazon
blood is thicker than water
to be on the safe side.
7. Never invite
bread and butter
a wet blanket
a bookworm
their Achilles heel
tied to their mother's apron strings
to cleanse the Aegean stables
in black and white
above board
an Amazon
blood is thicker than water
to a party. He is one who never enjoys some simple fun and will kill the joy of others too with his gloomy attitude.
8. I will support one who is of my own blood rather than one who is not so related to me. After all
bread and butter
a wet blanket
a bookworm
their Achilles heel
tied to their mother's apron strings
to cleanse the Aegean stables
in black and white
above board
an Amazon
blood is thicker than water
.
9. Milton, of Paradise Lost fame, was quite
bread and butter
a wet blanket
a bookworm
their Achilles heel
tied to their mother's apron strings
to cleanse the Aegean stables
in black and white
above board
an Amazon
blood is thicker than water
. He pored over books quite hungrily!
10. Playing cricket is Sachin Tendulkar's (the cricketing icon)
bread and butter
a wet blanket
a bookworm
their Achilles heel
tied to their mother's apron strings
to cleanse the Aegean stables
in black and white
above board
an Amazon
blood is thicker than water
.
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