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07:40 Aug 23, 2014 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Tony M France Local time: 23:22 | ||||||
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3 +8 | slowly moving up the queue to be the next to die |
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shuffle along the line slowly moving up the queue to be the next to die Explanation: Yes, I believe you're right: shuffling along the line as people do when queuing for something, in this case, queuing up to die. So as one person dies, you find yourself one place closer to its being your turn. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 heure (2014-08-23 08:42:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The queue is, of course, in terms of the generations — once the parents have gone, you are (generally) the next in line to die. |
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