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trade off the orchard for an apple

To be overly concerned with minor details and ignore the situation as a whole. I know you're worried about that one aspect of your project, but don't trade off the orchard for an apple.

crazy as a betsy bug

Insane. Don't leave me alone with Uncle Stu, he's crazy as a betsy bug!

marble orchard

1. A cemetery. (A reference to headstones and monuments.) My wife and I went to book a plot of land in the marble orchard for when the time comes.

2. A yard or other area featuring many statues. The bizarre site is a marble orchard where the many statued visages and iconography of the former regime have been preserved.

*crazy as a betsy bug

and *crazy as a peach-orchard boar; *crazy as a loon

Rur. acting as if insane. (*Also: as ~.) Tom: Susan says she's really the Queen of England. Bill: She's crazy as a betsy bug. Jill: David's a little eccentric, isn't he? Jane: Crazy as a loon, I'd say. What's wrong with Jim? He's acting as crazy as a peach-orchard boar.

marble orchard

a cemetery. informal humorous

marble orchard

and Marble City

n. a cemetery. I already bought a little plot in a marble orchard. There is a huge Marble City south of town.

See also: marble, orchard

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Specialists offer free tree pruning

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Word on the Center Theatre Group Web site is that the new production of Chekhov's ``The Cherry Orchard,'' directed by Sean Mathias at the Mark Taper Forum, is expected to sell out its run by, oh, just about the time you're reading this.

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Apples are a natural for our area" says Sonya Stepp Hollingsworth of Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard, "Cool nights and sunny days make great tasting apples