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old wives' tale
Fig. a myth or superstition. You really don't believe that stuff about starving a cold do you? It's just an old wives' tale. an old wives' tale a piece of advice or an idea which a lot of people believed in the past but which we now know is wrong It's an old wives' tale that drinking alcohol before you go to bed helps you sleep. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Byline: Jim Farber, Correspondent As in every production of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," opportunistic Petruchio has come "to wive it wealthily in Padua. Petruchio, after all, comes to wive it wealthily in Padua; Orlando regains his inheritance as well as gaining Rosalind. POLYGAMY IS BACK HBO's controversial series Big Love returns--new and improved-with even more lady loving Utah's favorite polygamous Mormon fundamentalist (Bill Paxton) and his three wives (Chloe Sevigny, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and Ginnifer Goodwin) are back for season 2 of HBO's hit series Big Love. |
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