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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNTIL ONE IS BLUE IN THE FACE»
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
... one's face on; red in the face; save face; set one's face against; show one's
face; slap in the face; stare in the face; stuff one's face; talk someone's arm off (
until one is blue in the face); throw in someone's face; to one's face. face down 1.
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Webster's New World American Idioms Handbook
Red and Blue Faces One might have a red face (be embarrassed) or talk until
one is blue in the face (talk excessively trying to persuade someone), which
alludes to talking so long that one stops breathing and becomes blue from lack of
...
talk until one is blue in the face Ken talked and talked, but he did not change
Gene's mind. He talked until he was blue in the face. My brother is a well-known
stubborn man. Once my mother tried to stop him from buying a new motorcycle,
she ...
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
Death and the Princess. 1982. New York: Dell Publishing Company, 1983. Until
one is blue in the face (MP 212) 1949 "I've told you till I'm blue in the face," David
Farnham said irritably, (p. 103) Charteris, Leslie. The Saint on the Spanish Main.
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
... face hi SHUT to someone's face 1. i^Hfe I flft SAW M 2. ffl^Jt (They told me to
my face that I was incompetent. ftflflffflSfS m □ to wipe the smile off someone's
face M. WIPE until one is blue in the face hi BLUE was someone's face red!
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2000 Redewendungen Deutsch–Englisch
Mund - sich den Mund fusselig reden to talk until one is blue in the face (coll) The
diplomats can talk until they're blue in theface but it won 't solve anything. Mund -
nicht auf den Mund gefallen sein to have the gift of the gab (coll) He has the gift ...
Let's meet on Monday morning to bat around some ideas. until one is blue in the
face – for a very long time, with no results 很長時間內沒有結果▻ You can argue
with the customer service people until you're blue in the face, but they won't give
...
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New Age Thinking: A Psychoanalytic Critique
One can talk about the tao of physics or the holographic universe until one is blue
in the face and it will not have any effect on the urgency of one's unconscious
requirements. Physics will never satisfy psychology. The way to deal with one's ...
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The William Desmond Reader
... can exhort someone to become himself until one is blue in the face, but unless
one starts by imitating others, that is, by being open to otherness, one will never
stir from the spot. “Being oneself” amounts to “being nothing,” however much one
...
William Desmond, Christopher Ben Simpson, 2012
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Winning Without Victory
Steve said that one can argue for or against abortion until one is blue in the face
and not get anywhere, except beaten into the ground. "Single-issue debates are
too narrow," he said. "They hide the real issue which is often much larger.
Rolf A. F. Witzsche, 2005
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Morning After Pill - Politics Slaps Science Down, And Wins
Kathleen Sebelius can try to argue that the evidence before her regarding ... One can argue until one is blue in the face about the rights and wrongs of any issue ... «Medical News Today, Dec 11»
