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‘L’

• Llike green corn through the new maid.

If something is very fast, it is like green corn through the new maid.
• Like nailing jello to the wall.

Describes a task that it is very difficult because the parameters keep changing or because someone is
being evasive.
• Like taking candy from a baby.

If something as like taking candy from a baby, it is very easy to do.
• Like white on rice.

If you do something like white on rice, you do it very closey: when Bob found out I had front row
tickets for the concert, he stuck to me like white on rice.
• Little pitchers have big ears.

This means that children hear more and understand the world around them better than many adults
realize.

• Lower than nake’s belly in a wagon rut.
If someone or something is lower than a snake’s belly in a wagon rut, they are of low moral standing

because a snake’s belly is low and id the snake is in a wagon rut, it is really low.

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