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an old wives' tale |
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an old wives' tale a piece of advice or an idea which a lot of people believed in the past but which we now know is wrong It's an old wives' tale that drinking alcohol before you go to bed helps you sleep. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"The whole thing about noses is an old wives' tale,"
insists Harlow. The relationship between water intake and scours/diarrhea in young
calves is an old wives' tale, Kertz says. She thought it was an old wives' tale when people told her
that if a contractor says a job is going to take six weeks, it really
means 12 weeks. |
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