rubicondo da bidello
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| 3 +1 | as ruddy as a furnace |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1as ruddy as a furnace Explanation: Two examples: John Dickson Carr (He Who Whispers) http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jdcarr.htm and Sir W. Scott (The Pirate) http://kenji.cnu.ac.kr/my/references/phrase/data/213.html Also: As ruddy as a winter berry (C. Dickens) www.wrhine.com/story/cricket_hearth003.html As ruddy as a rose (Mélanie Hahnemann) www.homeoint.org/books4/bradford/chapter69.htm Perhaps "as ruddy as a janitor" would work just as well though. Reference: http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jdcarr.htm Reference: http://www.wrhine.com/story/cricket_hearth003.html |
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