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Lexicographical Neighbors of

the early bird catches the worm
the early bird gets the worm
the end all-be all
the end justifies the means
the end of one's rope
the ends justify the means
the enemy of your enemy is your friend
the finger
the fix is in
the gapes
the goat god
the good old days (current term)
the green-eyed monster
the heck
the hell
the hell out of
the hell with it
the icing on the cake
the jig is up
the joke is on someone
the jury is still out
the lady doth protest too much
the least bit
the like

Literary usage of

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1. The Diplomatic Relations of England with the Quadruple Alliance, 1815-1830 by Louis Calvert, Myrna M. Boyce, Paul Padgette (1918)
"... Do Nothing—The Set Gestures of the Good Old Days—An Example of Splendid Repose—Saving Bits of Business for Future Use—Gestures Grow from Character, ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1897)
"THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF KNICKERBOCKER LIFE From 'A History of New York: By Diedrich Knickerbocker' THE houses of the higher class were generally constructed of ..."

3. The Beginnings of Modern Europe (1250-1450) by Ephraim Emerton (1917)
"whole expression of western opinion as in the good old days of the fifth century. Failing in this, Eugenius in 1437 proposed a meeting at the town of ..."

4. The Old Régime: Court, Salons and Theatres by Elliot Jackson, Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1896)
"The Good Old Days. — The Rain and the Sunshine. — Intrigues of Mdme. de Prie. — The Bishop Retires to Issy. — A Domestic Tempest. — A Scene at the Theatre. ..."

5. Readings in Greek History, from Homer to the Battle of Chaeronea: A by Ida Carleton Thallon (1914)
"CONTRAST WITH THE "GOOD OLD DAYS" When we turn to the constitution of Athens at this time, we find that some lamented the "good old days" and contrasted ..."

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