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#1 2010-01-02 20:13:13

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'at the drop of a cat' for 'at the drop of a hat'

It makes exactly as much sense as the original. Rare.

My life tends to go from zero to 160 at the drop of a cat.
daybreakandtwilight.blogspot.com/.../crock-pot-balsamic-chicken.html

As a former (witchcraft) librarian she knows every jinx, curse and complex spell there is, and can recite a recipe at the drop of a cat …
www.sallyboyle.co.uk/blog/?tag=children

Most models end up being extremely malnourished, and prone to fainting at the drop of a cat.
mybrainisscrewed.blogspot.com/

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