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And Then He Said, "The Loser Standing Small": Adventures in Misused Idiom
Filed under: Little Words Tagged: politics
I’m watching Zeit im Bild, the national nightly news in Austria, and the American correspondent is describing the electoral college used in the United States, and he keeps referring to “winner takes it all” rules. It’s driving my mom up the wall. I think he’s unduly influenced by ABBA.
