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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

She was the mouth that got away.

What does the sentence below mean?

"She was the mouth that got away."
  

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Anonymous What does the sentence below mean? There's not enough context to say what it means. It's a play on another expression: the man that got away, the woman that got away ~ the man (or woman) who was desired and courted but who ended up elsewhere, likely because they ended up with another woman (or man).

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AnonymousWhat does the sentence below mean?
There's not enough context to say what it means. It's a play on another expression: the man that got away, the woman that got away ~ the man (or woman) who was desired and courted but who ended up elsewhere, likely because they ended up with another woman (or man).

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