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Sentence #4010275

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 patgfisher patgfisher April 1, 2015, edited April 1, 2015 April 1, 2015 at 12:47:38 AM UTC, edited April 1, 2015 at 12:52:03 AM UTC link Permalink

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"the pub test" (idiom) is used to mean what a random group of average men or women in a pub would think if you discussed a policy or similar issue with them over a couple of beers. If they don't agree with the proposal, it can be said to have failed the pub test.

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The Prime Minister admitted that the government's new social security policy probably wouldn't pass the pub test.

added by patgfisher, April 1, 2015
➜ #10869056Firayim Minista ya yarda cewa sabuwar manufar tsaro ta gwamnati mai yiwuwa ba zata wuce gwajin mashaya ba.

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