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If people looked like their passport photos, very few nations would let them in.

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Doug Larson

U.S. columnist ("Senator Soaper" was his column) The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it. www.english-slang.com

Doug Larson

U.S. columnist ("Senator Soaper") Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. www.english-slang.com

rub elbows

[rub elbows] also [rub shoulders] {v. phr.} To be in the same place (with others); meet and mix. * /City people and country people, old and young, rub elbows at […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

look down one's nose at

[look down one's nose at] {v. phr.}, {informal} To think of as worthless; feel scorn for. * /The banker's wife has beautiful china cups, and she looked down her nose […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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