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If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound boy wearing pound puppy underwear and a superman cape. It is strong enough, however, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20 by 20 foot room When you hear the toilet flush and the words «Uh-oh,» it’s already too late Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it A six year old can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36 year old man says they can only do it in the movies If you use a waterbed as home plate while wearing baseball shoes it does not leak — it explodes A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq foot house 4 inches deep Legos will pass through the digestive tract of a four year old Super glue is forever McGyver can teach us many things we don’t want to know No matter how much Jello you put in a swimming pool you still can’t walk on water Pool filters do not like Jello VCR’s do not eject PB&J sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do Always look in the oven before you turn it on The fire department in San Jose has at least a 5 minute response time The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earth worms dizzy It will however make cats dizzy Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy



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  31. Перевод идиомы keep / have somebody on a tight / short leash, значение выражения и пример использованияИдиома: keep / have somebody on a tight / short leash Перевод: держать кого-либо в узде, держать на коротком поводке Пример: He doesn’t go out with the guys much now that his girlfriend is around to keep him on a tight leash. Он не часто гуляет с друзьями теперь, когда его девушка постоянно рядом с ... Читать далее...
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