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- From: roger@crux.Princeton.EDU (Roger Lustig)
- Subject: Re: Words that are Opposites...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.040452.18026@Princeton.EDU>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:04:52 GMT
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- In article <C17z6D.ILD@mach1.wlu.ca> brea9430@mach1.wlu.ca (breadner ken u) writes:
- >Here's an idiosyncracy I have always found fascinating.
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- >The verb "to cleave", depending on context, can mean "to split apart" or
- >"to cling together".
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- >A "fat chance" and a "slim chance" are one and the same.
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- >Are there more of these wierd phrases out there?
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- Sure. "oversight."
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- Roger
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