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throw dirt enough, and some will stick » Search throw dirt enough, and some will stick on Amazon!   Search throw dirt enough, and some will stick on Google!
If enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at [1] on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say  
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Insensitivity to and inability to appreciate the elements of performed music or the rhythm, elegance, or nuances of language. 
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Not intended seriously; jocular or humorous. 
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Unable to speak; at a loss for words. 
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To create a particular linguistic expression which is strikingly clear, appropriate, and memorable. 
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To extinguish a light or other device. 
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To speak a stream of bad language; to curse and swear. 
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In the imperative form, used as a warning to avoid or stop using inappropriate language, especially profanity, or disrespectful utterances. 
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To be careful about what one says, especially with regard to disrespectful or profane language. 
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A theoretically possible but physically highly unlikely singularity which would emit matter and energy; the antithesis of a black hole. 
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