[Ads-l] born on third base
Jonathan Lighter
wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Wed Oct 3 23:43:34 UTC 2018
Chris Mathews, MSNBC, in ref. to Trumptaxgate:
"We've all heard the term 'born on third base and claiming you hit a
triple."
I haven't heard it, but GB takes it back to at least 1981.
JL
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