be long for this world

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He can't be long for this world, my dear; I wouldn't hasten his end, but what with asthma and that inward complaint, let us hope there is something better for him in another. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context	be level pegging be light years away be light years away from be light-headed be like a bear with a sore head be like a bull in a china shop be like a cat on a hot tin roof be like a child in a sweetshop be like a deer caught in the headlights be like a dog with a bone be like a dog with two tails be like a fish out of water be like a kid in a candy store be like a red rag to a bull be like a spare prick at a wedding be like Fort Knox be like looking for a needle in a haystack be like painting the Forth Bridge be like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic be like ships that pass in the night be like taking candy from a baby be like talking to a brick wall be like two peas in a pod be like watching grass grow be like watching paint dry be long for this world be long in the tooth be lost for words be made for be main squeeze be man enough be meat and drink to be miles away be minting it be money for old rope be more fun than a barrel of monkeys be much cop be much of a muchness be much to look at be music to ears Be my guest be near the knuckle be neither fish nor fowl be neither one thing nor the other be new to the game be nip and tuck be no ball of fire be no bed of roses be no fool be no good to man or beast be no great shakes	be like a kid in a candy store be like a rabbit caught in the headlights be like a red rag to a bull be like a spare prick at a wedding be like Fort Knox be like looking for a needle in a haystack be like painting the Forth Bridge be like putty in hands be like putty in hands be like putty in hands be like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic be like ships that pass in the night be like taking candy from a baby be like talking to a brick wall Be Like That be like two peas in a pod be like watching grass grow be like watching paint dry be liquored up be liquored up be liquored up be liquored up be living proof be living proof be living proof be living proof that be living proof that be living proof that be located be logical be long for this world be long in the tooth be long-lived be looking over shoulders be looking over shoulders be looking over shoulders be looking over shoulders be lookout be lookout be lookout be lost be lost be lost be lost for words be lost in the shuffle be lost in the shuffle be lost on be lost on be lost to view be loyal Be Loyal Or Otherwise Die be loyal to Be Loyal Until Death be lucid be made for be made up of be main squeeze be malevolent be malicious be man be man

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He can't be long for this world, my dear; I wouldn't hasten his end, but what with asthma and that inward complaint, let us hope there is something better for him in another.

Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context

be level pegging

be light years away

be light years away from

be light-headed

be like a bear with a sore head

be like a bull in a china shop

be like a cat on a hot tin roof

be like a child in a sweetshop

be like a deer caught in the headlights

be like a dog with a bone

be like a dog with two tails

be like a fish out of water

be like a kid in a candy store

be like a red rag to a bull

be like a spare prick at a wedding

be like Fort Knox

be like looking for a needle in a haystack

be like painting the Forth Bridge

be like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic

be like ships that pass in the night

be like taking candy from a baby

be like talking to a brick wall

be like two peas in a pod

be like watching grass grow

be like watching paint dry

be long for this world

be money for old rope

be more fun than a barrel of monkeys

be much cop

be much of a muchness

be neither fish nor fowl

be neither one thing nor the other

be no good to man or beast

be no great shakes

be like a kid in a candy store
be like a rabbit caught in the headlights
be like a red rag to a bull
be like a spare prick at a wedding
be like Fort Knox
be like looking for a needle in a haystack
be like painting the Forth Bridge
be like putty in hands
be like putty in hands
be like putty in hands
be like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic
be like ships that pass in the night
be like taking candy from a baby
be like talking to a brick wall
Be Like That
be like two peas in a pod
be like watching grass grow
be like watching paint dry
be liquored up
be liquored up
be liquored up
be liquored up
be living proof
be living proof
be living proof
be living proof that
be living proof that
be living proof that
be located
be logical

be long for this world

be long in the tooth
be long-lived
be looking over shoulders
be looking over shoulders
be looking over shoulders
be looking over shoulders
be lookout
be lookout
be lookout
be lost
be lost
be lost
be lost for words
be lost in the shuffle
be lost in the shuffle
be lost on
be lost on
be lost to view
be loyal
Be Loyal Or Otherwise Die
be loyal to
Be Loyal Until Death
be lucid
be made for
be made up of
be main squeeze
be malevolent
be malicious
be man
be man

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