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show a clean pair of heels |
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show someone a clean pair of heels (British) to go faster than someone else in a race. Butler showed them all a clean pair of heels as he raced for the finishing line. 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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``Urge me not with violence, Sir Knight,'' said the Jester, keeping at a distance from the impatient champion, ``or Folly will show a clean pair of heels, and leave Valour to find out his way through the wood as best he may. |
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