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slings and arrows |
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the slings and arrows (of outrageous fortune) (literary) unpleasant things that happen to you that you cannot prevent. We all have to suffer the slings and arrows, so there's no point getting depressed when things go wrong. slings and arrows unpleasant, negative attacks. He was surprised by the slings and arrows directed at him by several economists. Etymology: from the phrase “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” in Shakespeare's play “Hamlet” |
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No one runs so hurriedly to the cover of respectability as the unconventional woman who has exposed herself to the slings and arrows of outraged propriety. |
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