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My cup runneth over

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My cup runneth over.
Prov. I have received so many benefits that I cannot contain them all. (Said when you feel overcome because many good things have happened to you.) This week, I finished paying off my mortgage, my arthritis improved, and my first grandchild was born. My cup runneth over. Janet was speechless with happiness when she saw how many of her friends and relatives had joined together to give her a surprise party. "My cup runneth over," she finally said.
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Byline: By Duncan Madsen It is fair to say that my cup runneth over after two of the most exhilarating weekends of cup rugby I can ever remember.
Fan-tastic time for rugby supporters by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
All this and a church-splitting gay mid-western American bishop in the same week - my cup runneth over.
Peter Thomas: Try everything once - and that goes for cloning too by The Racing Post (London, England)
JS In this sequel to My Cup Runneth Over (reviewed in KLIATT in September 2003), the bubbly adventures of British teen Angel continue.
Whytock, Cherry. My scrumptious Scottish dumplings; the life of ... by Rohrlick, Paula / Kliatt
 
 
 
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