idioms
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- As right as rain - absolutely fine, hunky dory, tickety-boo
- from “As Right as Rain - Caroline Taggart - 2013” → pg-124
- rain check (wiktionary.org) - “a polite way to turn down an invitation, with the implication one is simply postponing it and that another time would be acceptable”
- penny wise, pound foolish (wiktionary.org) - Prudent and thrifty with small amounts of money, but wasteful with large amounts.
- five-finger discount (idioms.online) - shoplifting, stealing.
- from https://www.barrons.com/articles/costco-membership-crackdown-stealing-afec29f6?mod=hp_columniststhe term “stealing” is more often associated with using a five-finger discount on a product.
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