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Katherine Whitehorn

(1926--)

British writer

Outside every thin woman is a fat man trying to get in.

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thin

[thin] See: [INTO THIN AIR], [OUT OF THIN AIR], [SIT ON THIN ICE], [SPREAD ONESELF TOO THIN], [THROUGH THICK AND THIN], [WEAR THIN]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

out of thin air

[out of thin air] {adv. phr.} Out of nothing or from nowhere. * /The teacher scolded Dick because his story was made out of thin air./ * /On the way […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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