[old country] {n. phr.} Primarily Europe, but also any country other than the United States where one originally came from. * /Al's wife was born in Chicago but Al himself […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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(1854-1925) U.S. Vice-President I'm from Indiana, the home of more first-rate second-class men than any other state in the union. www.english-slang.com

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four corners

[four corners] {n.} All parts of a place. * /People came from the four corners of the world to see him./ * /He has been to […]

on paper

[on paper] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} Judging by appearances only and not by past performance; in theory; theoretically. * /On […]

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