spit[ting] nails

[Wilson Gray]

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Dave Hause <dwhause at jobe.net> wrote:
> being mad enough to "chew horseshoes and spit nails."

Like being bad enough to handcuff lightning and put thunder in jail.
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
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