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Idiom Shortage Leaves Nation All Sewed Up In Horse Pies (theonion.com)
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“This is an absolute oyster carnival,” said Harvard University linguistics professor Dr. Howard Albright, who noted that the current idiom shortage has been the country’s worst. “I don’t know any other way to describe it.”

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Moreover, a number of Beltway insiders have accused members of both houses of abusing their positions to gain access to hundreds of 1920s-era idioms that have been kept in reserve for decades.

“Well, bully,” said Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), who claimed that the Capitol was not expecting a shipment of fresh idioms for weeks. “Americans have to collar all their jive, and take us cats at our word: Everything’s copacetic, daddy-o, so don’t flip your lids.”

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