Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"

[Wilson Gray]

Forty-ish, black male speaker:

"I was still _rippin' 'n' runnin'_ in the clubs at the time, your
honor. But, now, I'm more mature."

Judge Mathis:

"You done got too old for it, huh?"

[...]
"I was _rippin' 'n' runnin'_, duckin' 'n' weavin', trying to get out of there!"


In fact, I've heard "ripping and running" still being used (I learned
from my grandmother, b.1893) in natural speech on numerous occasions.
It's just, in this case, it was only a few minutes ago.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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