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Chris -- 2018-04-11
If something is “nothing to write home about” that something is not worthy of note or perhaps not even of average quality. The “nothing to ride home about” variant has, to my mind at least, an additional sense of regret at being denied a triumphal entry:
... “My college career is nothing to ride home about and I know professional teams look at me as an unknown or a “riskâ€, but people that have …
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Long hours are the norm pretty much and the pay is nothing to ride home about. But the training they provide is tops and you get to do CA. ...
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Even if their bed side manor is nothing to ride home about. In the end it is about having someone competent to deliver your child and make …
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As this is the entry level, you can imagine the equipment level is nothing to ride home about, You get an immobiliser, a heated rear windscreen, ...
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Excellent find. The imagery that I see is of someone who is far afield hunting around for something of substance. Once he has something to share with the people back home, he returns post haste.
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I want a bed side manor.
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