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#1 2009-08-07 08:15:00

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

'lost my marvels' for 'lost my marbles'

As a means of denoting diminution of mental powers, this modification works about as well as the deeply idiomatic original. Uncommon:

My Family and Friends Think i lost my marvels…
despairfaction.com/showthread.php?p=3293392

I am thankful that I have not lost my marvels. I still marvel at the spunk of a chickadee and the color of a sunset. I am thankful …
www.albertleatribune.com/.../be-thankfu … -twin/?...

Some folks seem to think I’ve lost my marvels other say I’ve gone out of my head No matter how you said it’s for certain without your love I might as well …
www.lpdiscography.com/o/Owens/owens_b_kansascity.htm

There is a great mountain of evidence that I am growing old but having lost my marvels is not among them. I still marvel at the cool stuff I encounter ...
www.moabtimes.com/pages/full_story/push?article…

I have finally lost my marvels and did Roxxan’s high preppy voice…
poker-streaming.com/Shizuma/

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