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To: kabar

Of the deep end?

Deep 6?


6 posted on 10/10/2017 10:06:49 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil
Off the deep end

Be irrationally carried away, act irresponsibly or heedlessly. For example, Just because you like her looks doesn't mean you should go off the deep end and propose. [c. 1920] In both of these colloquial usages deep end alludes to the deep end of a swimming pool.

7 posted on 10/10/2017 10:26:07 AM PDT by kabar
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