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APAD: denial is not a river in Egypt

移花接木 2024-02-11 07:22:05 ( reads)

denial is not a river in Egypt

Etymology: A pun on the river Nile.

(humorous) Used to point out that somebody is in a state of psychological denial.

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godog

2024-02-11 08:15:50

How about: agree is not a grey:)

方外居士

2024-02-11 08:28:26

触类旁通

盈盈一笑间

2024-02-11 15:07:54

+100086

移花接木

2024-02-11 08:44:07

Yale is not jail

方外居士

2024-02-11 09:14:16

Hahahaha

方外居士

2024-02-11 09:16:13

This was the one I missed at beginning!

妖妖灵

2024-02-11 09:45:56

But this two are not rhyming words

盈盈一笑间

2024-02-11 15:07:11

Pronunciation is close

妖妖灵

2024-02-11 15:38:29

这是我特别注意的发音，英文很容易发成Chinglish了：）

7grizzly

2024-02-11 08:22:44

Such a versatile phrase to tell anyone I argue with :-)

妖妖灵

2024-02-11 09:46:37

哈哈，a nice application！：）

最西边的岛上

2024-02-11 09:00:33

Heard 4 the1st time. It's hard to reason w/ those in denial.

妖妖灵

2024-02-11 09:44:56

Attempted to mimic one，but failed. ：）

移花接木

2024-02-11 15:03:24

Your smile exceeds a mile by a letter s

妖妖灵

2024-02-11 15:47:44

A good one！：）

甜虫虫

2024-02-11 09:46:17

This one reminds me another idiom that has a river in it

甜虫虫

2024-02-11 09:46:29

Cry me a river :)

甜虫虫

2024-02-11 09:47:03

花帅，新年快乐！

移花接木

2024-02-11 14:00:25

cry me a flood, 新年快乐