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Last Ounce Of Strength
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Timothy Bruening
Nov 17, 2020, 6:49:42 PM11/17/20
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Best of Both Worlds I: Picard vows to the Borg that he will resist them with his last ounce of strength. Since the Federation uses the metric system , and has done so for centuries, shouldn't Picard say "Last gram of strength"?
Scott Alfter
Nov 18, 2020, 11:44:59 AM11/18/20
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In article <249c475d-979e-4da4...@googlegroups.com>,
Idiom usually doesn't change like that. Consider, for instance, "in for a
penny, in for a pound," which refers to a currency we (referring to
Americans) haven't used for over 200 years, yet we're still familiar with
the phrase.
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penny, in for a pound," which refers to a currency we (referring to
Americans) haven't used for over 200 years, yet we're still familiar with
the phrase.
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\_^_/ >What's the most annoying thing on Usenet?
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