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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Idiom for 'limiting the damage' #162439 10/11/2006 2:30 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 When asked to explain his stance, the governor likened himself to “the little Dutch boy” with his finger in the damn, trying to hold back the floodwaters You may be familiar with the story. A little boy who plugs a leak in the wall of a dam with his finger. Is that what you mean? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Idiom for 'limiting the damage' belligerentyouth 10/09/2006 5:35 PM Re: Idiom for 'limiting the damage' Hydra 10/11/2006 2:30 AM Re: Idiom for 'limiting the damage' Faldage 10/11/2006 9:09 AM Re: Idiom for 'limiting the damage' AnnaStrophic 10/11/2006 10:35 AM Re: Idiom for 'limiting the damage' RodolfoC 10/11/2006 10:41 AM Re: Idiom for 'limiting the damage' TEd Remington 10/11/2006 11:44 AM Re: Idiom for 'limiting the damage' dalehileman 10/11/2006 2:36 PM Re: Idiom for 'limiting the damage' AnnaStrophic 10/11/2006 5:27 PM Re: Idiom for 'limiting the damage' Jackie 10/14/2006 10:53 PM Re: Idiom for 'limiting the damage' Hydra 10/15/2006 4:20 AM Re: Idiom for 'limiting the damage' belligerentyouth 10/16/2006 10:39 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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