[Ads-l] mud in your eye

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED: 1912

1911 _Oregon Daily Journal_ (Portland, Ore.)  (Aug. 18) 9: Salutes
Bystanders, Drinks Acid. "Here's mud in your eye!" shouted G. E.
Mitchell...as he swallowed...carbolic acid.

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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