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For questions about the origin of a phrase or an expression. Also consider the 'etymology' tag.
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The phrase "do the lions"
I was recently reading an account of Zola's exile in England after the Dreyfus affair and I came across a phrase I couldn't quite parse:
That gentleman, as I had surmised, was a trifle astonished at …
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