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a curate's egg |
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a curate's egg (British) something which has both good and bad parts Usage notes: A curate is a priest. There is a joke about a curate who was given a bad egg and said that parts of the egg were good because he did not want to offend the person who gave it to him. Queen's College is something of a curate's egg, with elegant Victorian buildings alongside some of the ugliest modern architecture. See also: egg 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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