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marriage is a lottery

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  • marriage is a lottery — 1642 T. FULLER Holy State III. xxii. Marriage shall prove no lottery to thee, when the hand of providence chuseth for thee, who, if drawing a blank, can turn into a prize by sanctifying a bad wife unto thee. 1875 S. SMILES Thrift xii. ‘Marriage… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • lottery — 01. She won almost two million dollars in the [lottery]. 02. I never buy [lottery] tickets because I read in the paper that you have more chance of being hit by lightning than of winning the grand prize. 03. What was the winning number in last… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • marriage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Legal union Nouns 1. marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union; intermarriage, nuptial tie, married state, bed and board, cohabitation, POSSLQ (person of the opposite sex sharing living quarters), wedded… …   English dictionary for students

  • marriage — see marriage is a lottery there goes more to marriage than four bare legs in a bed dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage marriages are made in heaven hanging and wiving go by destiny …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • lottery — see marriage is a lottery …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • The Lottery man —    Opening on 6 December 1909 at the Bijou Theatre, the Shubert produced farce by Rida Johnson Young ran for 200 performances. An engaging but debt ridden young journalist hits upon the idea of raffling himself off in marriage at a dollar per… …   The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

  • Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …   Universalium

  • performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …   Universalium

  • United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

  • Permanent residence (United States) — [ thumb|A United States Permanent Resident Card (green card)] A United States Permanent Resident Card, also known as a green card, is an identification card attesting to the permanent resident status of an alien in the United States of America.… …   Wikipedia

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