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handbags at ten paces

handbags at ten paces
 n.— «We point, shout and indulge ourselves in what football commentators usually dub “handbags at 10 paces.” » —“‘Are we dead yet?’” by Iain Aitch Guardian (U.K.) June 24, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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