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Sentence #51393

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 Swift Swift December 21, 2010 December 21, 2010 at 1:58:01 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

http://answers.yahoo.com/questi...0133129AAiIzEH

podcast podcast November 27, 2021 November 27, 2021 at 4:45:59 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

The link is dead.

Yorwba Yorwba November 27, 2021 November 27, 2021 at 7:04:54 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

It is undead, preserved by the Internet Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/2021...0133129AAiIzEH

CK CK November 27, 2021 November 27, 2021 at 11:56:33 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

It's also usually possible to put the whole proverb in quotes and google it.

https://www.google.com/search?q...han+sheets.%22

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➜ #214103すり減らすのはシーツではなく靴にしろ。

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Better wear out shoes than sheets.

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➜ #1989478Pli bonas eluzi ŝuojn ol littukojn.

linked by GrizaLeono, November 7, 2012