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December 4, 1937
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fiction
Man's Place In The Animal Kingdom
Robert M. Coates
Idioms used in comparing man with the animals. Sly as a fox, mean as a coyote, fat as a pig, crazy as a loon, blind as a bat, inquisitive as a magpie, …