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take out an onion

Suggests that the performer of the action is not sincere in their grief.

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  • Coined by Private Eye and used as a mock stage description, originally to describe Harold MacMillan.
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He’s almost taking out an onion now as he remembers his father and his own early struggles.

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Submitted on July 10, 2018

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