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Proverbial

  • Writer: Alan Millard
    Alan Millard
  • Apr 15, 2022
  • 1 min read

Invented proverbs with no real meaning


Letters in post boxes can’t be read.

Badger the fox and you’ll fox the badger.

The wake of a ferry leads nowhere fast.

Still waters won’t run a bath.

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