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The Gravedigger
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A rolling stone gathers no water under the bridge.

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People in glass houses shouldn't throw too many cooks.

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He hung on by the skin of a sow’s ear.

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@moonbus said
He hung on by the skin of a sow’s ear.
Damned if you do and hung by his own petard if you don’t.

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just off the top of my head, what else have you got up your sleeve?

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Moving the goal posts was his ace in the hole.

The Gravedigger
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Even Napoleon had his water under the bridge.

The Gravedigger
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Its easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than the elephant in the room.

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As easy as taking candy from an 800 lb. gorilla.

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He was like a spare prick at a wedding of old and new.

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the third squeaky wheel gets greased

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He was all hat and no trousers at his ankles.

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@fmf said
He was like a spare prick at a wedding of old and new.
Q: What's it like being such a prick?
A: It has its ups and downs.

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Q: what’s it like being such a prick?

A: it has its ins and outs.

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two heads are better than one prick

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