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Thomas Henry Huxley

(1825—1895)

English scientist

Men are very queer animals--a mixture of horse-nervousness, ass-stubbornness, and camel-malice.

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[horse] See: [BET ON THE WRONG HORSE], [CART BEFORE THE HORSE], [CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM] or [CHANGE HORSES IN MIDSTREAM], [EAT LIKE A HORSE], [HOLD ONE'S […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[queer fish] {n.} A strange or unusual person who does odd things. * /Uncle Algernon dresses in heavy furs in the summer and short-sleeved shirts in the winter. No wonder […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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