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Originally Posted By: themilumI wonder...the English phrase "keep it on the Q.T." sounds suspiciously like the French phrase "keep it on the qui vive". I wonder if there is a French or English bastardized mistransfiguration?
I suppose, if they meant anything like each other.
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