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a mare's nest

a very confused situation. The law on restrictive trade is a mare's nest that scarcely anyone can comprehend.

See also: nest

Shanks's pony (British, American & Australian, old-fashioned, American, old-fashioned)

walking as a method of travel. I missed the last bus and had to get home on Shanks's pony.

See also: pony

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